Where does Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd. ranks #13,458 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 Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd. hold?

Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 38.0 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd. focus on?

Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 13 patents, ranking #913 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd.'s patents average 14.7 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 Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd. 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 Foreign Corporation

Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hefei ranks #13,458 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 27 technology areas.

#13,458
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.0/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13458 · Foreign Corporation #13,458 · 22 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,458/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Glydways
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 27 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Glydways 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 Hefei’s 38.0 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 (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 18.4 pts (48%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Hefei BOE Display… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Hefei's Innovation Score is 38.0/100 (top 42% 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 Hefei?

Each dot is one of Hefei’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). Hefei’s own 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hefei's grants concentrate

Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 59.1% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Hefei sits between Glydways Inc. and Hisense Ronshen (GUANGDONG) Refrigerator Co., Ltd..

Glydways

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Hangzhou Chipjet…

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HCL Italy S p A

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Heishin

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Hgst

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Hioki Denki

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Hisense Ronshen (…

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What this shows Hefei holds 22 patents at rank #13,452, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hefei

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,452 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Hefei's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.5%
2016	4	18.2%
2017	6	27.3%
2018	8	36.4%
2019	3	13.6%

Which technologies does Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 13

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 10

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

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

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 1

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

Top 15 of 27 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

Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 59.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #13,458 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hefei BOE Display Light Co., Ltd. against Glydways Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.0/100 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

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