Where does Hermes Microvision Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hermes Microvision Inc. ranks #4,948 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 Hermes Microvision Inc. hold?

Hermes Microvision Inc. holds 70 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Hermes Microvision Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hermes Microvision Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.2 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hermes Microvision Inc. focus on?

Hermes Microvision Inc.'s top technology area is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps) with 57 patents, ranking #47 of 1,076 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

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

Hermes Microvision Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -99% 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 Hermes Microvision Inc.'s patents?

Hermes Microvision Inc.'s patents average 17.4 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 Hermes Microvision 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 Foreign Corporation

Hermes Microvision Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 70 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hermes ranks #4,948 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 70 patents across 18 technology areas.

#4,948
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.2/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: -99%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4948 · Foreign Corporation #4,948 · 70 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 70 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,948/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Florida Turbine
CPC-FOCUS H01J · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -99% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Florida Turbine 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 Hermes’s 40.2 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 14.7 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DFine · near

40
Dongguan Jiasheng… · near

40
Hermes Microvision · this assignee

40
Inpex · near

40
Lyondell Chemical… · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hermes's Innovation Score is 40.2/100 (top 36% 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 Hermes?

Each dot is one of Hermes’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). Hermes’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hermes's grants concentrate

Hermes Microvision Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 81.4% of grants classified under H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (21 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Hermes sits between Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. and Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc..

Florida Turbine

70
Fungible

70
GD Midea Heating…

70
Gripple

70
Hi-lex

70
Hyundai Heavy Ind…

70
Industry-academia…

70
Integrated DNA

70
Hermes Microvision ◀

70

What this shows Hermes holds 70 patents at rank #4,948, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hermes

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,948 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hermes, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), Hermes ranks #47 of 1,076 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

DFine, Inc. 40 Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.P. 40 Dongguan Jiasheng Lighting Technology Co., Ltd. 40 Inpex Corporation 40

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.4 here).

Suzhou Lekin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 17.4 avg Universitat Bern 17.4 avg Zeta Global Corp. 17.4 avg Mianyang BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 17.4 avg

Hermes's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Hermes Microvision Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	21	30.0%
2016	13	18.6%
2017	14	20.0%
2018	15	21.4%
2019	6	8.6%
2020	1	1.4%

Which technologies does Hermes Microvision Inc. patent most?

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 57

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 14

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 12

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 9

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 7

H05F - Static ELECTRICITY; Naturally-occurring Electricity 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

Top 15 of 18 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

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

Hermes Microvision Inc.'s lead technology class is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), 81.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01J
Ranked #4,948 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hermes Microvision Inc. against Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.2/100 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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