Where does HDS Trading Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HDS Trading Corp. ranks #31,884 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 Trading Corp. hold?

HDS Trading Corp. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 0 technology areas.

What is HDS Trading Corp.'s Innovation Score?

HDS Trading Corp. has an Innovation Score of 14.9 out of 100 (3rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does HDS Trading Corp. focus on?

HDS Trading Corp. holds grants across 0 technology areas classified under the Cooperative Patent Classification system.

Is HDS Trading Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

HDS Trading Corp.'s recent grant velocity is -86% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for HDS Trading Corp.'s patents?

HDS Trading Corp.'s patents average 1.0 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 Trading Corp. 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 Trading Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 0 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, HDS ranks #31,884 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 0 technology areas.

#31,884
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 3rd percentile
by Innovation Score (14.9/100): 1.0
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31884 · US Corporation #31,884 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-UNK · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,884/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Harxon
CPC-UNK CPC blank
INNOV-LOW 14.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Harxon Corporation (±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 14.9 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 7.6 pts (51%) Velocity 6.7 pts (45%) Breadth 0.0 pts (0%) Claim depth 0.6 pts (4%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
HDS Trading · this assignee

15
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows HDS's Innovation Score is 14.9/100 (3rd percentile 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 1.0 claims/patent is at or below the 10.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where HDS's grants concentrate

HDS Trading Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 0 CPC subclasses . Peak complete grant year is 2016 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, HDS sits between Harxon Corporation and Heart Test Laboratories, Inc..

HDS's three-year grant acceleration

HDS Trading Corp. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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What this shows HDS holds 8 patents at rank #31,869, 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 #31,869 in granted patent volume.

HDS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

15 3rd percentile higher than 3% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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HDS Trading Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2016	6	75.0%
2022	1	12.5%

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

HDS Trading Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ranked #31,884 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
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Innovation Score of 14.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.