Where does Hill-Rom S.A.S. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hill-Rom S.A.S. ranks #28,978 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 Hill-Rom S.A.S. hold?

Hill-Rom S.A.S. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Hill-Rom S.A.S.'s Innovation Score?

Hill-Rom S.A.S. has an Innovation Score of 26.8 out of 100 (21st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hill-Rom S.A.S.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hill-Rom S.A.S.'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 Hill-Rom S.A.S.'s patents?

Hill-Rom S.A.S.'s patents average 18.2 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 Hill-Rom S.A.S. 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

Hill-Rom S.A.S.

Q: What technology areas does Hill-Rom S.A.S. focus on?

Hill-Rom S.A.S.'s top technology area is A61G (Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices) with 9 patents, ranking #74 of 586 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: A61G (Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hill-rom ranks #28,978 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 5 technology areas.

#28,978
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 21st percentile
by Innovation Score (26.8/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28978 · Foreign Corporation #28,978 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,978/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Herrmans OY AB
CPC-NARROW A61G · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Herrmans OY AB (±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 Hill-rom’s 26.8 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 (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Hill-rom's Innovation Score is 26.8/100 (21st 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 Hill-rom?

Each dot is one of Hill-rom’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). Hill-rom’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hill-rom's grants concentrate

Hill-Rom S.A.S. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61G (Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Hill-rom sits between Herrmans OY AB and Honeywell Limited Honeywell Limitée.

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What this shows Hill-Rom holds 9 patents at rank #28,991, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hill-Rom

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,991 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61G (Transport)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Hill-Rom's primary technology class.

Hill-rom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 21st percentile higher than 21% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Hill-Rom S.A.S. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	11.1%
2018	2	22.2%
2019	2	22.2%
2020	3	33.3%
2021	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Hill-Rom S.A.S. patent most?

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 9

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Hill-Rom S.A.S.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hill-Rom S.A.S.'s lead technology class is A61G (Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61G
Ranked #28,978 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hill-Rom S.A.S. against Herrmans OY AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.8/100 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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