Where does Healthier Choices Management Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Healthier Choices Management Corp. ranks #18,707 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 Healthier Choices Management Corp. hold?

Healthier Choices Management Corp. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Healthier Choices Management Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Healthier Choices Management Corp. has an Innovation Score of 28.4 out of 100 (27th 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 Healthier Choices Management Corp. focus on?

Healthier Choices Management Corp.'s top technology area is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices) with 14 patents, ranking #42 of 214 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Healthier Choices Management Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Healthier Choices Management Corp.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Healthier Choices Management Corp.'s patents?

Healthier Choices Management Corp.'s patents average 11.2 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 Healthier Choices Management 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

Healthier Choices Management Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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: A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Healthier ranks #18,707 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 10 technology areas.

#18,707
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.4/100): 11.2
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18707 · US Corporation #18,707 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,707/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hain YO Enterprises
CPC-FOCUS A24F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hain YO Enterprises Co., 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 Healthier’s 28.4 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 9.6 pts (34%) Velocity 1.0 pts (4%) Breadth 11.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Healthier Choices… · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Healthier's Innovation Score is 28.4/100 (27th 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 Healthier?

Each dot is one of Healthier’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). Healthier’s own 11.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Healthier's grants concentrate

Healthier Choices Management Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 93.3% of grants classified under A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Healthier sits between Hain YO Enterprises Co., Ltd. and Hisense Hiview Tech Co., Ltd..

Healthier's three-year grant acceleration

Healthier Choices Management Corp. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Hain YO Enterpris…

15
Hangzhou Everich…

15
Hansol Chemical

15
Head-direct (Kuns…

15
Hetero Labs

15
Heuft Systemtechn…

15
Hexagon Metrology…

15
Hisense Hiview Te…

15
Healthier Choices… ◀

15

What this shows Healthier holds 15 patents at rank #18,699, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Healthier

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,699 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24F (Smokers' Requisites)

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

Healthier's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Healthier Choices Management Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	6.7%
2018	6	40.0%
2019	2	13.3%
2020	4	26.7%
2021	1	6.7%
2022	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Healthier Choices Management Corp. patent most?

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 14

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 4

A24D - CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 1

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

A24B - Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 1

F23Q - Ignition ; Extinguishing-devices 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Healthier Choices Management Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Healthier Choices Management Corp.'s lead technology class is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices), 93.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24F
Ranked #18,707 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Healthier Choices Management Corp. against Hain YO Enterprises Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.4/100 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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