Where does Highlight Tech Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Highlight Tech Corp. ranks #40,699 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 Highlight Tech Corp. hold?

Highlight Tech Corp. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2024 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Highlight Tech Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Highlight Tech Corp. has an Innovation Score of 48.2 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Highlight Tech Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Highlight Tech Corp..

What does claim depth mean for Highlight Tech Corp.'s patents?

Highlight Tech Corp.'s patents average 19.2 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 Highlight Tech Corp. 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

Highlight Tech Corp.

Q: What technology areas does Highlight Tech Corp. focus on?

Highlight Tech Corp.'s top technology area is H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General) with 2 patents, ranking #1,079 of 2,247 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2024–2025. 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: H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Highlight ranks #40,699 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 8 technology areas.

#40,699
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.2/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40699 · Foreign Corporation #40,699 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,699/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Heraeus Battery…
CPC-NARROW H05B · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2024–2025 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH (±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 Highlight’s 48.2 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 6.7 pts (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 10.0 pts (21%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Highlight Tech · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Highlight's Innovation Score is 48.2/100 (top 17% 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 Highlight?

Each dot is one of Highlight’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). Highlight’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Highlight's grants concentrate

Highlight Tech Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General). By volume, Highlight sits between Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH and Hitachi Astemo France.

Highlight's three-year grant acceleration

Highlight Tech Corp. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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What this shows Highlight holds 6 patents at rank #40,633, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Highlight

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,633 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H05B (Electric Heating)

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

Highlight's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2024–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2024–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Highlight Tech Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2024	4	66.7%
2025partial year	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Highlight Tech Corp. patent most?

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

B01D - Separation 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Highlight Tech Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Highlight Tech Corp.'s lead technology class is H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H05B
Ranked #40,699 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Highlight Tech Corp. against Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.2/100 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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