Where does Hed Cycling Products, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hed Cycling Products, Inc. ranks #13,457 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 Hed Cycling Products, Inc. hold?

Hed Cycling Products, Inc. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Hed Cycling Products, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hed Cycling Products, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.3 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hed Cycling Products, Inc. focus on?

Hed Cycling Products, Inc.'s top technology area is B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion) with 16 patents, ranking #24 of 463 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hed Cycling Products, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hed Cycling Products, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Hed Cycling Products, Inc.'s patents?

Hed Cycling Products, Inc.'s patents average 17.2 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 Hed Cycling Products, 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

Hed Cycling Products, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hed ranks #13,457 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 10 technology areas.

#13,457
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.3/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13457 · US Corporation #13,457 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,457/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hanwha Azdel
CPC-FOCUS B60B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hanwha Azdel, 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.

How Hed’s 37.3 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 10.8 pts (29%) Velocity 5.0 pts (13%) Breadth 11.2 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hed Cycling Products · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hed's Innovation Score is 37.3/100 (top 44% 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 Hed?

Each dot is one of Hed’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). Hed’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hed's grants concentrate

Hed Cycling Products, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Hed sits between Hypori, Inc. and Homer TLC, Inc..

Hed's three-year grant acceleration

Hed Cycling Products, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Hypori

22
Hanwha Azdel

22
Harry's

22
Healthmate Intern…

22
Henge Docks

22
Hirschmann Car Co…

22
Histosonics

22
Homer TLC

22
Hed Cycling Produ… ◀

22

What this shows Hed holds 22 patents at rank #13,465, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hed

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,465 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60B (Vehicle Wheels)

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

Hed's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hed Cycling Products, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	9.1%
2017	1	4.5%
2018	1	4.5%
2019	2	9.1%
2020	2	9.1%
2021	4	18.2%
2022	1	4.5%
2023	3	13.6%
2024	2	9.1%
2025partial year	4	18.2%

Which technologies does Hed Cycling Products, Inc. patent most?

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 16

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 12

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 10

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 4

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 4

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 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

Hed Cycling Products, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hed Cycling Products, Inc.'s lead technology class is B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion), 72.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60B
Ranked #13,457 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hed Cycling Products, Inc. against Hypori, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.3/100 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

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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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