Where does Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. ranks #2,397 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 KGaA Hueck & Co. hold?

Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. holds 163 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 73 technology areas.

What is Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.'s Innovation Score?

Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. has an Innovation Score of 49.4 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.'s recent grant velocity is -94% 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 Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.'s patents?

Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.'s patents average 11.3 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 KGaA Hueck & Co. 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 KGaA Hueck & Co.

Q: What technology areas does Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. focus on?

Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.'s top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 58 patents, ranking #33 of 1,094 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 73 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 163 granted patents across 73 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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 #2,397 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 163 patents across 73 technology areas.

#2,397
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.4/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: -94%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2397 · Foreign Corporation #2,397 · 163 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 163 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,397/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH American Megatrends…
CPC-WIDE F21S · 73 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -94% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: American Megatrends International, 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 Hella’s 49.4 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 17.6 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (51%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
H M · near

49
Hella KGaA Hueck & · this assignee

49
Jinan University · near

49
Tele Tracking · near

49
Impinj · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hella's Innovation Score is 49.4/100 (top 15% 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 Hella?

Each dot is one of Hella’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). Hella’s own 11.3 claims/patent is at or below the 13.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Hella's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. received 9 grants versus 154 in 2015–2019 (-94% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 55 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 4. Lead class F21S accounts for 35.6% of the portfolio across 73 subclasses. Volume neighbours: American Megatrends International, LLC (#2,393) and Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (#2,401).

American Megatren…

163
Danziger “DAN” Fl…

163
Ethertronics

163
Giesecke & Devrie…

163
Infineon Dresden…

163
Interdesign

163
Lanxess Deutschla…

163
Metal Industries…

163
Hella Kgaa Hueck & ◀

163

What this shows Hella holds 163 patents at rank #2,397, 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 #2,397 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hella, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices), Hella ranks #33 of 1,094 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Tele Tracking Technologies, Inc. 49 Jinan University 49 H. M. Electronics, Inc. 49 Impinj, Inc. 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.3 here).

Aptar France SAS 11.3 avg Mölnlycke Health Care AB 11.3 avg University of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation 11.3 avg Compal Electronics, Inc. 11.3 avg

Hella's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	22	13.5%
2016	44	27.0%
2017	55	33.7%
2018	20	12.3%
2019	13	8.0%
2020	5	3.1%
2021	4	2.5%

Which technologies does Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. patent most?

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 58

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 49

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 15

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 12

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 11

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 11

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 11

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 10

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 9

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 7

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

Top 15 of 73 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

Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.'s lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 35.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #2,397 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. against American Megatrends International, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.4/100 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.

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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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