Where does Hi-lex Controls, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hi-lex Controls, Inc. ranks #10,052 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 Hi-lex Controls, Inc. hold?

Hi-lex Controls, Inc. holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Hi-lex Controls, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hi-lex Controls, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.4 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hi-lex Controls, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hi-lex Controls, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +38% 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 Hi-lex Controls, Inc.'s patents?

Hi-lex Controls, Inc.'s patents average 15.3 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 Hi-lex Controls, 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 US Corporation

Hi-lex Controls, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Hi-lex Controls, Inc. focus on?

Hi-lex Controls, Inc.'s top technology area is E05F (Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing) with 20 patents, ranking #30 of 501 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: E05F (Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hi-lex ranks #10,052 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 20 technology areas.

#10,052
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.4/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: +38%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10052 · US Corporation #10,052 · 31 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,052/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hainan University
CPC-FOCUS E05F · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +38% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hainan University (±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 Hi-lex’s 41.4 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 12.0 pts (29%) Velocity 4.4 pts (11%) Breadth 15.8 pts (38%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Everi Payments · near

41
GE Renewable · near

41
Hi-lex Controls · this assignee

41
Pmc-sierra US · near

41
Texas Instruments… · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hi-lex's Innovation Score is 41.4/100 (top 33% 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 Hi-lex?

Each dot is one of Hi-lex’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). Hi-lex’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hi-lex's grants concentrate

Hi-lex Controls, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 64.5% of grants classified under E05F (Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Hi-lex sits between Hainan University and Huizhou Great Harvest Worldwide Industry Co., Ltd.

Hi-lex's three-year grant acceleration

Hi-lex Controls, Inc. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Hainan University

31
Hayashibara

31
HB Innovations

31
Hexacheck

31
HLT

31
Hospira

31
Huanic

31
Huizhou Great Har…

31
Hi-lex Controls ◀

31

What this shows Hi-lex holds 31 patents at rank #10,050, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hi-lex

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,050 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05F (Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed Position)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Hi-lex's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hi-lex, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E05F (Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed Position), Hi-lex ranks #30 of 501 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

GE Renewable Technologies 41 Pmc-sierra US, Inc. 41 Everi Payments Inc. 41 Texas Instruments Deutschland GMBH 41

Hi-lex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Hi-lex Controls, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.2%
2016	1	3.2%
2017	7	22.6%
2018	2	6.5%
2019	2	6.5%
2020	2	6.5%
2021	8	25.8%
2022	5	16.1%
2023	3	9.7%

Which technologies does Hi-lex Controls, Inc. patent most?

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 20

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 17

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 10

F16H - Gearing 6

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 4

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 4

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 1

Top 15 of 20 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

Hi-lex Controls, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hi-lex Controls, Inc.'s lead technology class is E05F (Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing), 64.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E05F
Ranked #10,052 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hi-lex Controls, Inc. against Hainan University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.4/100 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

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