Where does Hermes Sellier rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hermes Sellier ranks #22,708 of 50,000 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 Sellier hold?

Hermes Sellier holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Hermes Sellier's Innovation Score?

Hermes Sellier has an Innovation Score of 37.4 out of 100 (top 44% 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 Sellier focus on?

Hermes Sellier's top technology area is A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hermes Sellier's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hermes Sellier's recent grant velocity is +33% 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 Hermes Sellier's patents?

Hermes Sellier's patents average 16.1 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 Hermes Sellier 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 Sellier

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hermes ranks #22,708 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 12 technology areas.

#22,708
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.4/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22708 · Foreign Corporation #22,708 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,708/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH HEB Grocery
CPC-FOCUS A45C · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HEB Grocery Company, Lp (±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
Hermes Sellier · this assignee

37
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Hermes's Innovation Score is 37.4/100 (top 44% 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 Hermes's grants concentrate

Hermes Sellier is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 41.7% of grants classified under A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Hermes sits between HEB Grocery Company, Lp and HK Inno.n Corporation.

HEB Grocery

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Heine Optotechnik…

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HIGH Street TV (G…

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Highland Fluid Te…

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Hitachi Powdered…

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HK INNO N

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What this shows Hermes holds 12 patents at rank #22,692, 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 #22,692 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A45C (Purses)

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

Hermes's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hermes Sellier patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	8.3%
2018	2	16.7%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	1	8.3%
2023	1	8.3%
2025partial year	5	41.7%

Which technologies does Hermes Sellier patent most?

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS 5

A44C - PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS 4

A44B - BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE 2

B62J - CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS 1

G10K - SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1

A44D - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES OR SLIDE FASTENERS, AND TO JEWELLERY, BRACELETS OR OTHER PERSONAL ADORNMENTS 1

C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA 1

C08L - COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS 1

C12R - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES C12C - C12Q, RELATING TO MICROORGANISMS 1

D06N - WALL, FLOOR, OR LIKE COVERING MATERIALS, e.g. LINOLEUM, OILCLOTH, ARTIFICIAL LEATHER, ROOFING FELT, CONSISTING OF A FIBROUS WEB COATED WITH A LAYER OF MACROMOLECULAR MATERIAL; FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1

E05B - LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS 1

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,708

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

37.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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