Where does Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company ranks #15,343 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 Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company hold?

Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company's Innovation Score?

Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company has an Innovation Score of 37.9 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company focus on?

Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company's top technology area is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds) with 9 patents, ranking #95 of 728 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company's recent grant velocity is -64% 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 Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company's patents?

Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company's patents average 14.5 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 Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company 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

Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hickory ranks #15,343 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 22 technology areas.

#15,343
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (37.9/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent: -64%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15343 · US Corporation #15,343 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,343/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hellofactory
CPC-FOCUS A47C · 22 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -64% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hellofactory Co., Ltd. (±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 Hickory’s 37.9 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 10.3 pts (27%) Velocity 2.2 pts (6%) Breadth 16.6 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Hickory Springs… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Hickory's Innovation Score is 37.9/100 (top 42% 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 Hickory?

Each dot is one of Hickory’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). Hickory’s own 14.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hickory's grants concentrate

Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 47.4% of grants classified under A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Hickory sits between Hellofactory Co., Ltd. and Hong Kong Beida Jade Bird Display Limited.

Hickory's three-year grant acceleration

Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Hellofactory

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What this shows Hickory holds 19 patents at rank #15,336, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hickory

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,336 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47C (Chairs)

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

Hickory's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	15.8%
2016	3	15.8%
2017	2	10.5%
2018	3	15.8%
2019	3	15.8%
2020	2	10.5%
2021	1	5.3%
2023	1	5.3%
2024	1	5.3%

Which technologies does Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company patent most?

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 9

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 5

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 5

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 5

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 5

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B63C - Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects 3

B61D - Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles 2

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 2

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 2

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 2

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 2

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 2

Top 15 of 22 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

Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company's lead technology class is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds), 47.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47C
Ranked #15,343 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company against Hellofactory Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.9/100 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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