Where does HCL Technologies Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HCL Technologies Limited ranks #2,422 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does HCL Technologies Limited hold?

HCL Technologies Limited holds 161 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 53 technology areas.

What is HCL Technologies Limited's Innovation Score?

HCL Technologies Limited has an Innovation Score of 57.8 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does HCL Technologies Limited focus on?

HCL Technologies Limited's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 97 patents. Grants appear in 53 CPC subclasses total.

Is HCL Technologies Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

HCL Technologies Limited's recent grant velocity is +80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for HCL Technologies Limited's patents?

HCL Technologies Limited's patents average 12.9 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the HCL Technologies Limited patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

HCL Technologies Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 161 granted patents across 53 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, HCL ranks #2,422 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 161 patents across 53 technology areas.

#2,422
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.8/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: +80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2422 · Foreign Corporation #2,422 · 161 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 161 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,422/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Astellas Pharma
CPC-WIDE G06F · 53 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Astellas Pharma Inc. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Eaton · near

58
HCL · this assignee

58
Howard University · near

58
Silanna UV Pte · near

58
Solvay Specialty… · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows HCL's Innovation Score is 57.8/100 (top 5% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

How HCL's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, HCL Technologies Limited received 97 grants versus 54 in 2015–2019 (+80% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 28 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 4. Lead class G06F accounts for 60.2% of the portfolio across 53 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Astellas Pharma Inc. (#2,418) and Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (#2,426).

HCL's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, HCL Technologies Limited moved from 51 to 57 grants (1.12x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #923. See the growth leaderboard.

Astellas Pharma

161
Elenion

161
Equinix

161
Graham Packaging

161
ISP Investments

161
Mitsubishi Heavy…

161
Nivarox-far

161
Positec Power Too…

161
HCL ◀

161

What this shows HCL holds 161 patents at rank #2,422, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HCL

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,422 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in HCL's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for HCL, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Solvay Specialty Polymers Italy S.P.A. 58 Eaton Corporation 58 Howard University 58 Silanna UV Technologies Pte Ltd 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.9 here).

Crosman Corporation 12.9 avg Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG 12.9 avg LG Chem, Ltd. 12.9 avg Johnson Health Tech Co., Ltd. 12.9 avg

HCL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

58 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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HCL Technologies Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	6.8%
2016	4	2.5%
2017	13	8.1%
2018	15	9.3%
2019	11	6.8%
2020	28	17.4%
2021	12	7.5%
2022	22	13.7%
2023	16	9.9%
2024	19	11.8%
2025partial year	10	6.2%

Which technologies does HCL Technologies Limited patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 97

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 41

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 32

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 16

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 15

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 14

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 10

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

H04B - Transmission 7

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 6

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 3

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 3

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 3

Top 15 of 53 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,422

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

HCL Technologies Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

HCL Technologies Limited's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 60.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,422 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HCL Technologies Limited against Astellas Pharma Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.8/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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