Where does Heil Trailer International, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Heil Trailer International, LLC ranks #35,673 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 Heil Trailer International, LLC hold?

Heil Trailer International, LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Heil Trailer International, LLC's Innovation Score?

Heil Trailer International, LLC has an Innovation Score of 24.0 out of 100 (13th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Heil Trailer International, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Heil Trailer International, LLC'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 Heil Trailer International, LLC's patents?

Heil Trailer International, LLC's patents average 13.6 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 Heil Trailer International, LLC 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

Heil Trailer International, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Heil Trailer International, LLC focus on?

Heil Trailer International, LLC's top technology area is B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects) with 5 patents, ranking #108 of 616 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 6 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: B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Heil ranks #35,673 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 6 technology areas.

#35,673
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.0/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35673 · US Corporation #35,673 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,673/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hedera Hashgraph
CPC-NARROW B60P · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hedera Hashgraph, LLC (±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 Heil’s 24.0 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 7.2 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Ningbo Crrc Times… · near

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Heil Trailer… · this assignee

24
Line UP · near

24
O'brien Holding · near

24
Wolf Appliance · near

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Heil's Innovation Score is 24.0/100 (13th 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 Heil?

Each dot is one of Heil’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). Heil’s own 13.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Heil's grants concentrate

Heil Trailer International, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Heil sits between Hedera Hashgraph, LLC and Help Lightning, Inc..

Hedera Hashgraph

7
Hedman Ericsson P…

7
Hegenscheidt-mfd

7
Heico Befestigung…

7
Heinz Kurz Medizi…

7
Heliospectra AB

7
Helix Biomedix

7
Help Lightning

7
Heil Trailer Inte… ◀

7

What this shows Heil holds 7 patents at rank #35,723, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Heil

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,723 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Heil, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport), Heil ranks #108 of 616 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (24 here).

Line UP Corporation 24 O'brien Holding Co., Inc. 24 Wolf Appliance, Inc. 24 Ningbo Crrc Times Transducer Technology Co., Ltd. 24

Heil's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% 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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Heil Trailer International, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	28.6%
2016	2	28.6%
2017	2	28.6%
2019	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Heil Trailer International, LLC patent most?

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 5

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 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

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 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

Heil Trailer International, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Heil Trailer International, LLC's lead technology class is B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60P
Ranked #35,673 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Heil Trailer International, LLC against Hedera Hashgraph, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.0/100 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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