Where does HFI Innovation Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HFI Innovation Inc. ranks #1,166 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 HFI Innovation Inc. hold?

HFI Innovation Inc. holds 365 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is HFI Innovation Inc.'s Innovation Score?

HFI Innovation Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.8 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does HFI Innovation Inc. focus on?

HFI Innovation Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 304 patents, ranking #88 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is HFI Innovation Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

HFI Innovation Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -8% 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 HFI Innovation Inc.'s patents?

HFI Innovation Inc.'s patents average 14.4 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 HFI Innovation Inc. 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

HFI Innovation Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 365 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, HFI ranks #1,166 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 365 patents across 11 technology areas.

#1,166
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.8/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: -8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1166 · Foreign Corporation #1,166 · 365 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 365 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,166/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dish Wireless L L C
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dish Wireless L.L.C. (±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 HFI’s 47.8 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 20.4 pts (43%) Velocity 7.1 pts (15%) Breadth 11.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Danby Products · near

48
GEM · near

48
HFI Innovation · this assignee

48
Mexichem Amanco… · near

48
SZ DJI Osmo Technology · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows HFI's Innovation Score is 47.8/100 (top 18% 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 HFI?

Each dot is one of HFI’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). HFI’s own 14.4 claims/patent is at or below the 18.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where HFI's grants concentrate

HFI Innovation Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (72 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2016. By volume, HFI sits between ArcelorMittal and Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd..

HFI's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, HFI Innovation Inc. moved from 115 to 122 grants (1.06x 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 #1,035. See the growth leaderboard.

Arcelormittal

366
City of Hope

366
Dish Wireless L L…

365
Gojo Industries

365
Purdue Pharma

365
HFI Innovation ◀

365
Excalibur IP

364
Karl Storz SE & KG

364
Ability Opto- Tec…

363

What this shows HFI holds 365 patents at rank #1,166, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HFI

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,166 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for HFI, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), HFI ranks #88 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

SZ DJI Osmo Technology Co., Ltd. 48 Mexichem Amanco Holdings S.A. de C.V. 48 GEM Co., Ltd. 48 Danby Products Limited 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.4 here).

Ubtech Robotics Corp Ltd 14.4 avg Bissell Inc. 14.4 avg UNIVERSITÉ Paris CITÉ 14.4 avg North Inc. 14.4 avg

HFI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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HFI Innovation Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	6	1.6%
2017	41	11.2%
2018	72	19.7%
2019	66	18.1%
2020	39	10.7%
2021	10	2.7%
2022	46	12.6%
2023	36	9.9%
2024	40	11.0%
2025partial year	9	2.5%

Which technologies does HFI Innovation Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 304

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 56

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 38

H04B - Transmission 12

H04J - Multiplex Communication 8

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 6

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

Top 11 of 11 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

HFI Innovation Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

HFI Innovation Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #1,166 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HFI Innovation Inc. against ArcelorMittal, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.8/100 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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