Where does Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. ranks #35,662 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 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. hold?

Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2023, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.0 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. focus on?

Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Hearst Magazine Media, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.'s patents?

Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.'s patents average 21.1 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 Hearst Magazine Media, 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

Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2023. 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hearst ranks #35,662 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 3 technology areas.

#35,662
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (46.0/100): 21.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35662 · US Corporation #35,662 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,662/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hawaii Biotech
CPC-NARROW G06F · 3 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2023 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hawaii Biotech 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
Hearst Magazine Media · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hearst's Innovation Score is 46.0/100 (top 22% 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.

Where Hearst's grants concentrate

Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Hearst sits between Hawaii Biotech Inc. and Hedera Hashgraph, LLC.

Hearst's three-year grant acceleration

Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Hawaii Biotech

7
Health Bloom

7
Health Catalysts

7
Health Craft Prod…

7
Hearthero

7
Heat

7
Heath Consultants…

7
Hedera Hashgraph

7
Hearst Magazine M… ◀

7

What this shows Hearst holds 7 patents at rank #35,715, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hearst

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,715 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Hearst's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	14.3%
2022	4	57.1%
2023	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 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 6

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#35,662

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.0 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

Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hearst Magazine Media, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #35,662 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. against Hawaii Biotech Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.0/100 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.