Where does Hgst Netherlands, B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hgst Netherlands, B.V. ranks #971 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 Hgst Netherlands, B.V. hold?

Hgst Netherlands, B.V. holds 453 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 53 technology areas.

What is Hgst Netherlands, B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Hgst Netherlands, B.V. has an Innovation Score of 56.3 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hgst Netherlands, B.V. focus on?

Hgst Netherlands, B.V.'s top technology area is G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer) with 373 patents, ranking #8 of 933 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 53 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hgst Netherlands, B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hgst Netherlands, 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 Hgst Netherlands, B.V.'s patents?

Hgst Netherlands, B.V.'s patents average 16.9 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 Hgst Netherlands, 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

Hgst Netherlands, B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 453 granted patents across 53 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hgst ranks #971 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 453 patents across 53 technology areas.

#971
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.3/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R971 · Foreign Corporation #971 · 453 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 453 grants
TOP-DECILE #971/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bombardier Recreatio…
CPC-WIDE G11B · 53 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bombardier Recreational Products 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.

How Hgst’s 56.3 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 21.1 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amyris · near

56
Emhart Glass · near

56
Gigajot Technology · near

56
Hgst Netherlands B V · this assignee

56
The University of… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hgst's Innovation Score is 56.3/100 (top 6% 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 Hgst?

Each dot is one of Hgst’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). Hgst’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Hgst's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Hgst Netherlands, B.V. received 0 grants versus 453 in 2015–2019 (-100% equal-window velocity, bottom decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 232 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 4. Lead class G11B accounts for 82.3% of the portfolio across 53 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Invensas LLC (#967) and Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. OF Zhuhai (#975).

Invensas

454
Murata Machinery

454
Bombardier Recrea…

453
Continental Autom…

453
Hgst Netherlands… ◀

453
Toshiba Mitsubish…

452
Delphi

451
Commonwealth Scie…

450
Gree Electric App…

450

What this shows Hgst holds 453 patents at rank #971, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hgst

By rank, the assignees closest to #971 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Re…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hgst, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Re…), Hgst ranks #8 of 933 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Amyris, Inc. 56 The University of Birmingham 56 Gigajot Technology, Inc. 56 Emhart Glass S.A. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.9 here).

Nanyang Technological University 16.9 avg Coretronic Corporation 16.9 avg Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 16.9 avg AFL Telecommunications LLC 16.9 avg

Hgst's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hgst Netherlands, B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	232	51.2%
2016	179	39.5%
2017	28	6.2%
2018	10	2.2%
2019	4	0.9%

Which technologies does Hgst Netherlands, B.V. patent most?

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 373

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 60

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 49

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 26

G11C - Static Stores 25

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 21

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 16

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 14

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 13

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 11

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 10

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 9

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 9

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 7

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 6

Top 15 of 53 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

Hgst Netherlands, B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hgst Netherlands, B.V.'s lead technology class is G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer), 82.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G11B
Ranked #971 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hgst Netherlands, B.V. against Invensas LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.3/100 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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