Where does Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V. ranks #3,498 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 Indigo B.V. hold?

Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V. holds 105 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 48 technology areas.

What is Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V. has an Innovation Score of 50.3 out of 100 (top 13% 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 Indigo B.V. focus on?

Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V.'s top technology area is G03G (ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography) with 67 patents, ranking #21 of 196 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 48 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V.'s patents?

Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V.'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 Hewlett-Packard Indigo 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

Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 105 granted patents across 48 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: G03G (ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hewlett-packard ranks #3,498 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 105 patents across 48 technology areas.

#3,498
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.3/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3498 · Foreign Corporation #3,498 · 105 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 105 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,498/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Genband US
CPC-WIDE G03G · 48 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Genband US LLC (±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 Hewlett-packard’s 50.3 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 16.1 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 24.5 pts (49%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GEA Mechanical… · near

50
Hewlett-Packard… · this assignee

50
Jive Software · near

50
Kohler (China)… · near

50
Ferag · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hewlett-packard's Innovation Score is 50.3/100 (top 13% 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 Hewlett-packard?

Each dot is one of Hewlett-packard’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). Hewlett-packard’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hewlett-packard's grants concentrate

Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 48 CPC subclasses with 63.8% of grants classified under G03G (ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (36 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2018. By volume, Hewlett-packard sits between Genband US LLC and Merial Inc..

Genband US

105
Great Wall Motor

105
Guangzhou Automob…

105
HCT Group Holdings

105
Hyundai Kefico

105
Imperva

105
LM WP Patent Hold…

105
Merial

105
Hewlett-packard I… ◀

105

What this shows Hewlett-Packard holds 105 patents at rank #3,498, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hewlett-Packard

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,498 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G03G (Electrography)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hewlett-Packard, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G03G (Electrography), Hewlett-Packard ranks #21 of 196 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

GEA Mechanical Equipment GmbH 50 Kohler (China) Investment Co., Ltd. 50 Jive Software, Inc. 50 Ferag AG 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.1 here).

Skorpios Technologies, Inc. 16.1 avg Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. 16.1 avg Applied Biosystems, LLC 16.1 avg Global IP Holdings, LLC 16.1 avg

Hewlett-packard's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

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 Indigo B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	32	30.5%
2016	36	34.3%
2017	33	31.4%
2018	4	3.8%

Which technologies does Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V. patent most?

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 67

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 21

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 21

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 14

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 13

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 12

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 7

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 6

B44B - Machines, Apparatus OR Tools FOR Artistic Work, e.g. FOR Sculpturing, Guilloching, Carving, Branding, Inlaying 5

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 5

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 2

Top 15 of 48 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

Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V.'s lead technology class is G03G (ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography), 63.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G03G
Ranked #3,498 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V. against Genband US LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.3/100 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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