Overall rank by patents
#3,120
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 121 granted patents across 45 technology areas, active 2018–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: 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; OPTICA).
The verdict
Hefei holds 121 US patents across 45 technology areas, rank #3,120 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
Hefei BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd. has been granted 121 US utility patents between 2018 and 2025, placing Hefei BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd. at rank #3,120 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 45 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 15.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in 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; OPTICA). As a Foreign Corporation, Hefei BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Hefei sits between Faraday Technology Corp. (121 patents, rank #3,116) and Shinkawa Ltd. (121 patents, rank #3,124) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 65.5/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 118 grants, compared with 3 in the 2015–2019 window, a +3833% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Hefei BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd.'s 15.5 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 45 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Hefei BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Faraday Technology Corp.
121 patents
Ferring B.V.
121 patents
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
121 patents
GlaxoSmithKline LLC
121 patents
Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
121 patents
LANDSCAPE FORMS, INC.
121 patents
PURAC Biochem BV
121 patents
SHINKAWA LTD.
121 patents
Hefei BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd.
121 patents
What this shows Hefei holds 121 patents at rank #3,120, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #3,120 in granted patent volume.
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, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
65 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0.8% |
| 2019 | 2 | 1.7% |
| 2020 | 10 | 8.3% |
| 2021 | 17 | 14.0% |
| 2022 | 29 | 24.0% |
| 2023 | 23 | 19.0% |
| 2024 | 17 | 14.0% |
| 2025 | 22 | 18.2% |
Top 15 of 45 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#3,120
Across all tracked assignees
65.5 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Hefei's 121 grants land it in the top 1% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
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.