Where does Hicon Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hicon Co., Ltd. ranks #28,974 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 Hicon Co., Ltd. hold?

Hicon Co., Ltd. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Hicon Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Hicon Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 40.9 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hicon Co., Ltd. focus on?

Hicon Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables) with 9 patents, ranking #557 of 3,424 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hicon Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hicon Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Hicon Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Hicon Co., Ltd.'s patents average 11.4 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 Hicon Co., Ltd. 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

Hicon Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hicon ranks #28,974 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 3 technology areas.

#28,974
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (40.9/100): 11.4
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28974 · Foreign Corporation #28,974 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,974/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hexagon Geosystems…
CPC-NARROW G01R · 3 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hexagon Geosystems Services AG (±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 Hicon’s 40.9 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 8.0 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (49%) Breadth 6.1 pts (15%) Claim depth 6.9 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hicon · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hicon's Innovation Score is 40.9/100 (top 34% 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 Hicon?

Each dot is one of Hicon’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). Hicon’s own 11.4 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hicon's grants concentrate

Hicon Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Hicon sits between Hexagon Geosystems Services AG and Histologics LLC.

Hicon's three-year grant acceleration

Hicon Co., Ltd. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Hexagon Geosystem…

9
Heys International

9
HG Partners

9
Hickies

9
Hieta

9
Higgstec

9
Hisep Technology

9
Histologics

9
Hicon ◀

9

What this shows Hicon holds 9 patents at rank #28,937, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hicon

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,937 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01R (Measuring Electric Variables)

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

Hicon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hicon Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	22.2%
2018	1	11.1%
2019	1	11.1%
2023	1	11.1%
2024	2	22.2%
2025partial year	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Hicon Co., Ltd. patent most?

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 9

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Hicon Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hicon Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01R
Ranked #28,974 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hicon Co., Ltd. against Hexagon Geosystems Services AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.9/100 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

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.