Where does HIL Applied Medical, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HIL Applied Medical, Ltd. ranks #26,469 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 HIL Applied Medical, Ltd. hold?

HIL Applied Medical, Ltd. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is HIL Applied Medical, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

HIL Applied Medical, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 30.6 out of 100 (35th 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 HIL Applied Medical, Ltd. focus on?

HIL Applied Medical, Ltd.'s top technology area is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps) with 8 patents, ranking #249 of 1,076 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is HIL Applied Medical, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

HIL Applied Medical, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 HIL Applied Medical, Ltd.'s patents?

HIL Applied Medical, Ltd.'s patents average 16.1 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 HIL Applied Medical, 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

HIL Applied Medical, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, HIL ranks #26,469 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 7 technology areas.

#26,469
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.6/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26469 · Foreign Corporation #26,469 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,469/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hero
CPC-NARROW H01J · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hero 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 HIL’s 30.6 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 8.3 pts (27%) Velocity 3.3 pts (11%) Breadth 9.4 pts (31%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Linde Engineering… · near

31
ORTHOsoft · near

31
HIL Applied Medical · this assignee

31
Shenzhen DO… · near

31
SparxTeq · near

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows HIL's Innovation Score is 30.6/100 (35th 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 HIL?

Each dot is one of HIL’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). HIL’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where HIL's grants concentrate

HIL Applied Medical, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, HIL sits between Hero GMBH and Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH.

HIL's three-year grant acceleration

HIL Applied Medical, Ltd. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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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10
Hi-joint

10
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10
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10
Himalayan

10
Hitachi Appliances

10
Hitachi High-tech…

10
HIL Applied Medic… ◀

10

What this shows HIL holds 10 patents at rank #26,441, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HIL

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,441 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for HIL, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), HIL ranks #249 of 1,076 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

Shenzhen DO Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. 31 SparxTeq, Inc. 31 Linde Engineering North America, Inc. 31 ORTHOsoft, Inc. 31

HIL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

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

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HIL Applied Medical, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	30.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	3	30.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2022	1	10.0%

Which technologies does HIL Applied Medical, Ltd. patent most?

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 8

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 6

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 5

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

G21B - Fusion Reactors 1

G21G - Conversion OF Chemical ELEMENTS; Radioactive Sources 1

Top 7 of 7 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

HIL Applied Medical, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

HIL Applied Medical, Ltd.'s lead technology class is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01J
Ranked #26,469 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HIL Applied Medical, Ltd. against Hero GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.6/100 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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