Where does Hello Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hello Inc. ranks #6,338 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 Hello Inc. hold?

Hello Inc. holds 53 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Hello Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hello Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.7 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hello Inc. focus on?

Hello Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 43 patents, ranking #444 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hello Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hello Inc.'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 Hello Inc.'s patents?

Hello Inc.'s patents average 17.6 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 Hello Inc. 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

Hello Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 53 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hello ranks #6,338 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 53 patents across 27 technology areas.

#6,338
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.7/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6338 · US Corporation #6,338 · 53 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 53 grants
UPPER-Q #6,338/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gilead Pharmasset
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gilead Pharmasset 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 Hello’s 42.7 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 13.8 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 18.4 pts (43%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Boyce Thompson… · near

43
Hello · this assignee

43
Sulzer Chemtech · near

43
T2 Biosystems · near

43
Tighitco · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hello's Innovation Score is 42.7/100 (top 30% 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 Hello?

Each dot is one of Hello’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). Hello’s own 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hello's grants concentrate

Hello Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 81.1% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (33 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2015. By volume, Hello sits between Gilead Pharmasset LLC and Ingevity South Carolina, LLC.

Gilead Pharmasset

53
Gree Green Refrig…

53
Guangzhou Shiyuan…

53
Harsco

53
Henry Ford Health…

53
Hyliion

53
Ikea Supply

53
Ingevity South Ca…

53
Hello ◀

53

What this shows Hello holds 53 patents at rank #6,337, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hello

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,337 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hello, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Hello ranks #444 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Sulzer Chemtech AG 43 T2 Biosystems, Inc. 43 Boyce Thompson Institute FOR Plant Research, Inc. 43 Tighitco, Inc. 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.6 here).

Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GMBH & Co. KG 17.6 avg Tyco Electronics UK Ltd 17.6 avg PureWick Corporation 17.6 avg Polygroup Macau Limited (BVI) 17.6 avg

Hello's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Hello Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	7.5%
2016	33	62.3%
2017	16	30.2%

Which technologies does Hello Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 43

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 35

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 24

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 20

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 16

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 15

A44C - Personal Adornments, e.g. JEWELLERY; Coins 15

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 14

A44D - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Buttons, Pins, Buckles OR Slide Fasteners, AND TO Jewellery, Bracelets OR Other Personal Adornments 14

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 14

H04Q - Selecting 9

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 6

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 5

Top 15 of 27 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Hello Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hello Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 81.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #6,338 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hello Inc. against Gilead Pharmasset LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.7/100 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

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.