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USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Hesai Photonics Technology Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2021. 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: 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 ARRA).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hesai ranks #21,224 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 3 technology areas.

#21,224
of 50,000 US assignees by volume
Top 75%
by Innovation Score (27.9/100)
21.1
avg claims per patent
-14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21224 · Foreign Corporation #21,224 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
  • MID-PACK #21,224/50,000
  • PHOTO-FINISH Harman Professional
  • CPC-NARROW G01S · 3 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 27.9/100
  • CLAIMS-DENSE 21.1 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-DOWN -14% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Harman Professional, 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.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Hesai

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Hesai's Innovation Score is 27.9/100 (top 75% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Where Hesai's grants concentrate

Hesai Photonics Technology Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 92.3% of grants classified under 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 ARRA). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Hesai sits between Harman Professional, Inc. and Highview Enterprises Limited.

Who files at Hesai's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Hesai holds 13 patents at rank #21,231, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Hesai

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,231 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

Hesai's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 Top 75% higher than 25% of 50,000 US assignees

0–10: 687 US assignees (1%). Below this entry. 10–20: 2,527 US assignees (5%). Below this entry. 20–30: 13,162 US assignees (26%). This entry sits in this band. 30–40: 15,294 US assignees (31%). Above this entry. 40–50: 11,491 US assignees (23%). Above this entry. 50–60: 5,058 US assignees (10%). Above this entry. 60–70: 1,537 US assignees (3%). Above this entry. 70–80: 234 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 80–90: 10 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 90–100: 0 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2021

Grants by year

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

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Hesai Photonics Technology Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2019 7 53.8%
2020 4 30.8%
2021 2 15.4%

Which technologies does Hesai Photonics Technology Co., Ltd. patent most?

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,224

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

27.9 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

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