Where does Hickies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hickies, Inc. ranks #28,973 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 Hickies, Inc. hold?

Hickies, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Hickies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hickies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 21.6 out of 100 (9th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hickies, Inc. focus on?

Hickies, Inc.'s top technology area is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear) with 4 patents, ranking #85 of 317 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hickies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hickies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -71% 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 Hickies, Inc.'s patents?

Hickies, Inc.'s patents average 9.6 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 Hickies, 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

Hickies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hickies ranks #28,973 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 5 technology areas.

#28,973
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.6/100): 9.6
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28973 · US Corporation #28,973 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,973/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Heron Neutron Medical
CPC-NARROW A43B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Heron Neutron Medical Corp. (±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 Hickies’s 21.6 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 8.0 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (37%) Claim depth 5.7 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hickies · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hickies's Innovation Score is 21.6/100 (9th percentile 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 Hickies?

Each dot is one of Hickies’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). Hickies’s own 9.6 claims/patent is at or below the 12.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hickies's grants concentrate

Hickies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Hickies sits between Heron Neutron Medical Corp. and Hisep Technology Ltd..

Heron Neutron Med…

9
Hexagon Geosystem…

9
Heys International

9
HG Partners

9
Hicon

9
Hieta

9
Higgstec

9
Hisep Technology

9
Hickies ◀

9

What this shows Hickies holds 9 patents at rank #28,936, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hickies

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,936 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear)

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

Hickies's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Hickies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	11.1%
2016	1	11.1%
2017	4	44.4%
2018	1	11.1%
2021	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Hickies, Inc. patent most?

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 4

A43C - Fastenings OR Attachments OF FOOTWEAR; Laces IN General 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

Top 5 of 5 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

Hickies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hickies, Inc.'s lead technology class is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A43B
Ranked #28,973 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hickies, Inc. against Heron Neutron Medical Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.6/100 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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