Where does HDS Mercury, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HDS Mercury, Inc. ranks #24,457 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 HDS Mercury, Inc. hold?

HDS Mercury, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is HDS Mercury, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

HDS Mercury, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.5 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is HDS Mercury, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

HDS Mercury, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +167% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for HDS Mercury, Inc.'s patents?

HDS Mercury, Inc.'s patents average 19.2 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 HDS Mercury, Inc. 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 US Corporation

HDS Mercury, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does HDS Mercury, Inc. focus on?

HDS Mercury, Inc.'s top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 9 patents, ranking #235 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, HDS ranks #24,457 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 11 technology areas.

#24,457
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.5/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: +167%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24457 · US Corporation #24,457 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,457/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Harvest-excel…
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +167% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Harvest-excel International PTE. Ltd. (±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.

How HDS’s 38.5 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 8.6 pts (22%) Velocity 6.7 pts (17%) Breadth 11.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
HDS Mercury · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows HDS's Innovation Score is 38.5/100 (top 41% 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for HDS?

Each dot is one of HDS’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). HDS’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

HDS vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where HDS's grants concentrate

HDS Mercury, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, HDS sits between Harvest-excel International PTE. Ltd. and Hestia Power Inc..

HDS's three-year grant acceleration

HDS Mercury, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Harvest-excel Int…

11
Hawe Altenstadt H…

11
Hazen Paper

11
HB Performance Sy…

11
Heat IP Holdco

11
Heidelbergcement

11
Henan Zhongda Hen…

11
Hestia Power

11
HDS Mercury ◀

11

What this shows HDS holds 11 patents at rank #24,436, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HDS

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,436 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

HDS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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HDS Mercury, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	9.1%
2019	2	18.2%
2020	2	18.2%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	2	18.2%
2024	3	27.3%

Which technologies does HDS Mercury, Inc. patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 9

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 7

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 6

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 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

HDS Mercury, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

HDS Mercury, Inc.'s lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 81.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #24,457 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HDS Mercury, Inc. against Harvest-excel International PTE. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.5/100 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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