Where does Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O. ranks #35,679 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 Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O. hold?

Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O.'s Innovation Score?

Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O. has an Innovation Score of 25.9 out of 100 (19th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O.'s recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O.'s patents?

Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O.'s patents average 10.6 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 Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O. 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

Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O.

Q: What technology areas does Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O. focus on?

Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O.'s top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hella ranks #35,679 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 5 technology areas.

#35,679
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.9/100): 10.6
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35679 · Foreign Corporation #35,679 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,679/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hefei General…
CPC-NARROW F21S · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hefei General Machinery Research Institute Co., Ltd. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hella Autotechnik… · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hella's Innovation Score is 25.9/100 (19th 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.

Where Hella's grants concentrate

Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Hella sits between Hefei General Machinery Research Institute Co., Ltd. and Hengstler GMBH.

Hella's three-year grant acceleration

Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Hefei General Mac…

7
Hefei JEE Power S…

7
Heliovis

7
Helix

7
Helmer Scientific

7
Hemodynamx-

7
Hengdian Group Dm…

7
Hengstler

7
Hella Autotechnik… ◀

7

What this shows Hella holds 7 patents at rank #35,629, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hella

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,629 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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

Hella's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	28.6%
2020	1	14.3%
2023	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%
2025partial year	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O. patent most?

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 6

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 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

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 2

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#35,679

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

25.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O.'s lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #35,679 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O. against Hefei General Machinery Research Institute Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.9/100 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

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