Where does Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP ranks #69 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 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP hold?

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP holds 5,165 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 154 technology areas.

What is Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP's Innovation Score?

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP has an Innovation Score of 69.3 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%).

What technology areas does Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP focus on?

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 2,614 patents. Grants appear in 154 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP's recent grant velocity is +32% 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 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP's patents?

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP's patents average 17.2 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Q: How is the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP 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 PatentsView assignee record - 5,165 granted patents across 154 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hewlett ranks #69 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5,165 patents across 154 technology areas.

#69
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (69.3/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +32%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R69 · US Corporation #69 · 5,165 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · CLEAR-GAP · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 5.2K grants
TOP-DECILE #69/49,997
CLEAR-GAP Tokyo Electron
CPC-WIDE G06F · 154 areas
INNOV-STRONG 69.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +32% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tokyo Electron Limited (±104 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
Sonos · near

69
Hyundai Transys · near

69
Hewlett Packard… · this assignee

69
Zoom Video Communica… · near

69
Korea Advanced… · near

69
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hewlett's Innovation Score is 69.3/100 (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.

How Hewlett's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP received 2,790 grants versus 2,115 in 2015–2019 (+32% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 817 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 34. Lead class G06F accounts for 50.6% of the portfolio across 154 subclasses. Volume neighbours: The Procter & Gamble Company (#65) and Facebook, Inc. (#73).

Hewlett's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP moved from 2,138 to 1,446 grants (0.68x 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 #2,225. See the growth leaderboard.

The Procter & Gam…

5,586
Nokia OY

5,496
Kyocera Document…

5,491
Japan Display

5,401
Hewlett Packard E… ◀

5,165
Tokyo Electron

5,061
Bank of America

4,988
Vmware

4,914
Facebook

4,875

What this shows Hewlett holds 5,165 patents at rank #69, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hewlett

By rank, the assignees closest to #69 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hewlett, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (69 here).

Hyundai Transys Inc. 69 Zoom Video Communications, Inc. 69 Korea Advanced Institute OF Science AND Technology 69 Sonos, Inc. 69

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

Sling Media L.L.C. 17.2 avg Allscripts Software, LLC 17.2 avg International Paper Company 17.2 avg Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. 17.2 avg

Hewlett's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

69 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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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	34	0.7%
2016	468	9.1%
2017	389	7.5%
2018	430	8.3%
2019	794	15.4%
2020	817	15.8%
2021	527	10.2%
2022	513	9.9%
2023	497	9.6%
2024	436	8.4%
2025partial year	260	5.0%

Which technologies does Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2,614

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2,071

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 619

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 381

G11C - Static Stores 302

H04B - Transmission 270

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 262

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 227

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 205

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 144

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 104

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 79

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 75

H04Q - Selecting 62

H04J - Multiplex Communication 60

Top 15 of 154 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#69

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

69.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 50.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #69 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP against The Procter & Gamble Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 69.3/100 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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