Where does Here Global B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Here Global B.V. ranks #270 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 Here Global B.V. hold?

Here Global B.V. holds 1,589 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 84 technology areas.

What is Here Global B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Here Global B.V. has an Innovation Score of 67.4 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Here Global B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Here Global B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +21% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Here Global B.V.'s patents?

Here Global B.V.'s patents average 19.1 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 Here Global B.V. 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

Here Global B.V.

Q: What technology areas does Here Global B.V. focus on?

Here Global B.V.'s top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 826 patents, ranking #1 of 1,814 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 84 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,589 granted patents across 84 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Here ranks #270 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,589 patents across 84 technology areas.

#270
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.4/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: +21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R270 · Foreign Corporation #270 · 1,589 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.6K grants
TOP-DECILE #270/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Changxin Memory
CPC-WIDE G01C · 84 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc. (±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 Here’s 67.4 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 25.5 pts (38%) Velocity 5.5 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Synopsys · near

67
Beijing Zitiao… · near

67
Here Global B V · this assignee

67
Purdue Research… · near

67
Alcon · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Here's Innovation Score is 67.4/100 (top 1% 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 Here?

Each dot is one of Here’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). Here’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Here's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Here Global B.V. received 832 grants versus 689 in 2015–2019 (+21% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 207 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 72. Lead class G01C accounts for 52% of the portfolio across 84 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Nitto Denko Corporation (#266) and Acushnet Company (#274).

Here's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Here Global B.V. moved from 558 to 458 grants (0.82x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,767. See the growth leaderboard.

Nitto Denko

1,608
Kohler

1,594
Henkel & Kgaa

1,592
Changxin Memory

1,589
Here Global B V ◀

1,589
Sprint Communicat…

1,574
Wuhan China Star…

1,572
Meta Platforms

1,569
Acushnet

1,567

What this shows Here holds 1,589 patents at rank #270, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Here

By rank, the assignees closest to #270 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Here, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01C (Measuring Distances), Here ranks #1 of 1,814 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. 67 Purdue Research Foundation 67 Synopsys, Inc. 67 Alcon Inc. 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

Cummins Inc. 19.1 avg Schott AG 19.1 avg WestRock MWV, LLC 19.1 avg Sunnybrook Research Institute 19.1 avg

Here's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Here Global B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	72	4.5%
2016	119	7.5%
2017	147	9.3%
2018	167	10.5%
2019	184	11.6%
2020	167	10.5%
2021	207	13.0%
2022	206	13.0%
2023	159	10.0%
2024	93	5.9%
2025partial year	68	4.3%

Which technologies does Here Global B.V. patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 826

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 525

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 481

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 330

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 299

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 261

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 258

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 157

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 155

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 148

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 122

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 113

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 61

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 42

H04B - Transmission 33

Top 15 of 84 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

Here Global B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Here Global B.V.'s lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 52% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #270 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Here Global B.V. against Nitto Denko Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.4/100 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.

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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