Where does HEB Grocery Company, LP rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HEB Grocery Company, LP ranks #22,700 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 HEB Grocery Company, LP hold?

HEB Grocery Company, LP holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is HEB Grocery Company, LP's Innovation Score?

HEB Grocery Company, LP has an Innovation Score of 25.9 out of 100 (19th 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 HEB Grocery Company, LP focus on?

HEB Grocery Company, LP's top technology area is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking) with 5 patents, ranking #271 of 1,343 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is HEB Grocery Company, LP's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

HEB Grocery Company, LP's recent grant velocity is -91% 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 HEB Grocery Company, LP's patents?

HEB Grocery Company, LP's patents average 10.3 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 HEB Grocery Company, LP 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

HEB Grocery Company, LP

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 6 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. Primary class: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, HEB ranks #22,700 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 6 technology areas.

#22,700
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.9/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: -91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22700 · US Corporation #22,700 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,700/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hangzhou Hangke…
CPC-NARROW B65B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hangzhou Hangke Optoelectronics 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 HEB’s 25.9 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 8.9 pts (34%) Velocity 2.2 pts (8%) Breadth 8.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
HEB Grocery · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows HEB's Innovation Score is 25.9/100 (19th 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 HEB?

Each dot is one of HEB’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). HEB’s own 10.3 claims/patent is at or below the 10.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where HEB's grants concentrate

HEB Grocery Company, LP is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 41.7% of grants classified under B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, HEB sits between Hangzhou Hangke Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. and Hermes Sellier.

HEB's three-year grant acceleration

HEB Grocery Company, LP shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Hangzhou Hangke O…

12
Hangzhou Juxing I…

12
Hangzhou Yushu Te…

12
Heal Systems

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HEE Solar L L C

12
Hegenscheidt-mfd…

12
Heine Optotechnik…

12
Hermes Sellier

12
HEB Grocery ◀

12

What this shows HEB holds 12 patents at rank #22,688, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HEB

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,688 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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

HEB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% 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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HEB Grocery Company, LP patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	33.3%
2016	2	16.7%
2017	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	3	25.0%
2022	1	8.3%

Which technologies does HEB Grocery Company, LP patent most?

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 5

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 5

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 5

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 1

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 1

Top 6 of 6 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

HEB Grocery Company, LP's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

HEB Grocery Company, LP's lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 41.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
Ranked #22,700 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HEB Grocery Company, LP against Hangzhou Hangke Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.9/100 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

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