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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hefei BOE Display Lighting Co., Ltd. ranks #7,855 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 Lighting Co., Ltd. hold?

Hefei BOE Display Lighting Co., Ltd. holds 41 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 28 technology areas.

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

Hefei BOE Display Lighting Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 42.3 out of 100 (top 31% 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 Lighting Co., Ltd. focus on?

Hefei BOE Display Lighting Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 25 patents, ranking #547 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

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

Hefei BOE Display Lighting Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +5% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Hefei BOE Display Lighting Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Hefei BOE Display Lighting Co., Ltd.'s patents average 15.2 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 Hefei BOE Display Lighting 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 Lighting Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 41 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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 #7,855 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 28 technology areas.

#7,855
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.3/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: +5%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7855 · Foreign Corporation #7,855 · 41 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 41 grants
UPPER-Q #7,855/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Garland Industries
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +5% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Garland Industries, 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 42.3 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 12.9 pts (30%) Velocity 1.6 pts (4%) Breadth 18.7 pts (44%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bergstrom · near

42
Cembre S P A · near

42
Hefei BOE Display… · this assignee

42
ResMed Motor · near

42
Adimab · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hefei's Innovation Score is 42.3/100 (top 31% 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 15.2 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 Lighting Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 61% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (16 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Hefei sits between Garland Industries, Inc. and Inha University Research AND Business Foundation.

Hefei's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hefei BOE Display Lighting Co., Ltd. moved from 30 to 7 grants (0.23x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Garland Industries

41
Gemvax & Kael

41
Halo Internationa…

41
Hamilton Sundstra…

41
Hospices Civils D…

41
Honeywell

41
Huami

41
Inha University R…

41
Hefei BOE Display… ◀

41

What this shows Hefei holds 41 patents at rank #7,855, 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 #7,855 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hefei, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Hefei ranks #547 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

ResMed Motor Technologies Inc. 42 Bergstrom, Inc. 42 Cembre S.P.A. 42 Adimab, LLC 42

Hefei's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hefei BOE Display Lighting Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	4	9.8%
2019	16	39.0%
2020	12	29.3%
2021	2	4.9%
2022	5	12.2%
2024	2	4.9%

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

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 25

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 16

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 4

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 4

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

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

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

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 1

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

Top 15 of 28 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 Lighting Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hefei BOE Display Lighting Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 61% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #7,855 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hefei BOE Display Lighting Co., Ltd. against Garland Industries, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.3/100 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

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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