USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Headway Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 354 granted patents across 30 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G11B (INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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354

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

15.0

Avg claims per patent

-45%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Headway holds 354 US patents across 30 technology areas, rank #1,198 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#1,198
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.6/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: -45%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Headway Technologies, Inc. has been granted 354 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Headway Technologies, Inc. at rank #1,198 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 30 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 15.0 claims per patent with primary concentration in G11B (INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER). As a US Corporation, Headway Technologies, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Headway sits between Volvo Construction Equipment AB (355 patents, rank #1,194) and Alstom Technology Ltd (352 patents, rank #1,202) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 51.6/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 125 grants, compared with 229 in the 2015–2019 window, a -45% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Headway Technologies, Inc.'s 15.0 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 30 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Headway Technologies, Inc. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Volvo Constructio…

355
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354
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354
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354
Hunter Douglas

354
Headway ◀

354
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353
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353
Alstom Technology

352

What this shows Headway holds 354 patents at rank #1,198, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Headway

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,198 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Re…)

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

Headway's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 50,000 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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Headway Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	59	16.7%
2016	62	17.5%
2017	42	11.9%
2018	33	9.3%
2019	33	9.3%
2020	36	10.2%
2021	33	9.3%
2022	19	5.4%
2023	15	4.2%
2024	11	3.1%
2025	11	3.1%

Which technologies does Headway Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G11B - INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER 277

H10N - ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 85

G11C - STATIC STORES 58

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 50

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES 45

G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES 44

B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES 32

H10B - ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES 25

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 11

C23C - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL 11

H10D - INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES 10

H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10 7

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 5

C23F - NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE ; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL; MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASS C23 AND AT LEAST ONE PROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D 4

H03B - GENERATION OF OSCILLATIONS, DIRECTLY OR BY FREQUENCY-CHANGING, BY CIRCUITS EMPLOYING ACTIVE ELEMENTS WHICH OPERATE IN A NON-SWITCHING MANNER; GENERATION OF NOISE BY SUCH CIRCUITS 4

Top 15 of 30 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,198

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Headway Technologies, Inc. hold?

Headway Technologies, Inc. holds 354 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Headway Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Headway Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.6 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Headway Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Headway Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G11B (INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER) with 277 patents. The company has filed patents in 30 CPC subclasses total.

Is Headway Technologies, Inc.'s patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Headway Technologies, Inc.'s recent filing velocity is -45% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Headway Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Headway Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 15.0 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Headway Technologies, 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.

How to use this portfolio

Headway's 354 grants land it in the top 11% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Headway ranks #1,198 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in G11B - see who else leads that technology area. G11B leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

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

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.