Where does Hilight Semiconductor Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hilight Semiconductor Limited ranks #26,470 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 Hilight Semiconductor Limited hold?

Hilight Semiconductor Limited holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Hilight Semiconductor Limited's Innovation Score?

Hilight Semiconductor Limited has an Innovation Score of 31.0 out of 100 (36th 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 Hilight Semiconductor Limited focus on?

Hilight Semiconductor Limited's top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 9 patents, ranking #870 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hilight Semiconductor Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hilight Semiconductor Limited's recent grant velocity is -20% 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 Hilight Semiconductor Limited's patents?

Hilight Semiconductor Limited's patents average 19.0 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 Hilight Semiconductor Limited 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

Hilight Semiconductor Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hilight ranks #26,470 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 6 technology areas.

#26,470
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.0/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26470 · Foreign Corporation #26,470 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,470/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hesco Bastion
CPC-NARROW H04B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hesco Bastion Limited (±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 Hilight’s 31.0 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 2.7 pts (9%) Breadth 8.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hilight Semiconductor · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hilight's Innovation Score is 31.0/100 (36th 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 Hilight?

Each dot is one of Hilight’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). Hilight’s own 19.0 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.

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

Where Hilight's grants concentrate

Hilight Semiconductor Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Hilight sits between Hesco Bastion Limited and Hitec Co., Ltd..

Hilight's three-year grant acceleration

Hilight Semiconductor Limited shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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 Hilight holds 10 patents at rank #26,442, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hilight

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,442 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Hilight's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hilight Semiconductor Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	20.0%
2019	3	30.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2022	2	20.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Hilight Semiconductor Limited patent most?

H04B - Transmission 9

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 6

H03F - Amplifiers 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

H03G - Control OF Amplification 1

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

Top 6 of 6 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

Hilight Semiconductor Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hilight Semiconductor Limited's lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #26,470 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hilight Semiconductor Limited against Hesco Bastion Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.0/100 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.