Overall rank by patents
#2,805
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 137 granted patents across 46 technology areas, active 2018–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION).
The verdict
HI holds 137 US patents across 46 technology areas, rank #2,805 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
HI Llc has been granted 137 US utility patents between 2018 and 2025, placing HI Llc at rank #2,805 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 46 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 23.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION). As a US Corporation, HI Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, HI sits between Young Optics Inc. (138 patents, rank #2,801) and Joy Global Underground Mining Llc (137 patents, rank #2,809) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 69.9/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 123 grants, compared with 14 in the 2015–2019 window, a +779% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. HI Llc's 23.7 average claims per patent reflects complex, broadly scoped inventions that are difficult for competitors to design around, while a multi-domain presence across 46 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark HI Llc against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Young Optics Inc.
138 patents
Chervon (HK) Limited
137 patents
Federal-Mogul LLC
137 patents
GKN Automotive Limited
137 patents
HONG ANN TOOL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
137 patents
Illuscio, Inc.
137 patents
Iris Ohyama Inc.
137 patents
Joy Global Underground Mining LLC
137 patents
HI LLC
137 patents
What this shows HI holds 137 patents at rank #2,805, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #2,805 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in HI's primary technology class.
HI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
70 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 1.5% |
| 2019 | 12 | 8.8% |
| 2020 | 6 | 4.4% |
| 2021 | 23 | 16.8% |
| 2022 | 30 | 21.9% |
| 2023 | 32 | 23.4% |
| 2024 | 28 | 20.4% |
| 2025 | 4 | 2.9% |
Top 15 of 46 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#2,805
Across all tracked assignees
69.9 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
HI's 137 grants land it in the top 1% 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.