Overall rank by patents
#7,708
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 42 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: B41J (TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Hewlett-packard ranks #7,708 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 42 patents across 25 technology areas.
Hewlett-packard Industrial Printing Ltd. has been granted 42 US utility patents between 2015 and 2017, placing Hewlett-packard Industrial Printing Ltd. at #7,708 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 25 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 16.0 claims per patent with primary concentration in B41J (TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS). As a Foreign Corporation, Hewlett-packard Industrial Printing Ltd. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Hewlett-packard sits between Hydrogenics Corporation (42 patents, rank #7,706) and Ipsen Pharma S.a.s. (42 patents, rank #7,714) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 40.3/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 0 grants, compared with 42 in the 2015–2019 window, a -100% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Hewlett-packard Industrial Printing Ltd.'s 16.0 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 25 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
HYDROGENICS CORPORATION
42 patents
Haier Group Corporation
42 patents
Heraeus Electro-Nite International N.V.
42 patents
Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.
42 patents
Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH
42 patents
IMPACT SELECTOR INTERNATIONAL, LLC
42 patents
INPEX CORPORATION
42 patents
IPSEN PHARMA S.A.S.
42 patents
Hewlett-Packard Industrial Printing LTD.
42 patents
What this shows Hewlett-packard holds 42 patents at rank #7,710, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #7,710 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Hewlett-packard's primary technology class.
Hewlett-packard'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 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12 | 28.6% |
| 2016 | 18 | 42.9% |
| 2017 | 12 | 28.6% |
Top 15 of 25 technology areas
Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.
Overall rank by patents
#7,708
of 50,000 tracked assignees
40.3 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Hewlett-packard's 42 grants land it in the top 36% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.