Where does Hill-Rom Services, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hill-Rom Services, Inc. ranks #811 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 Services, Inc. hold?

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. holds 569 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 82 technology areas.

What is Hill-Rom Services, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 64.2 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hill-Rom Services, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hill-Rom Services, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +2% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Hill-Rom Services, Inc.'s patents?

Hill-Rom Services, Inc.'s patents average 18.8 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 Services, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Hill-Rom Services, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Hill-Rom Services, Inc. focus on?

Hill-Rom Services, Inc.'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 396 patents. Grants appear in 82 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 569 granted patents across 82 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: 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 #811 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 569 patents across 82 technology areas.

#811
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.2/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: +2%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R811 · US Corporation #811 · 569 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 569 grants
TOP-DECILE #811/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Getac Technology
CPC-WIDE A61G · 82 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +2% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Getac Technology Corporation (±1 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Optum · near

64
Hill-Rom Services · this assignee

64
Great Plains… · near

64
Hisense Visual… · near

64
Tsmc China · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hill-rom's Innovation Score is 64.2/100 (top 2% 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.

How Hill-rom's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Hill-Rom Services, Inc. received 267 grants versus 261 in 2015–2019 (+2% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 68 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 41. Lead class A61G accounts for 69.6% of the portfolio across 82 subclasses. Volume neighbours: MTU Aero Engines AG (#807) and Under Armour, Inc. (#815).

Hill-rom's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hill-Rom Services, Inc. moved from 177 to 158 grants (0.89x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,503. See the growth leaderboard.

MTU Aero Engines

571
Getac Technology

570
The Cleveland Cli…

570
Wonderland Switze…

570
Hill-rom Services ◀

569
Tetra Laval Holdi…

568
Sekisui Chemical

565
Polaris Industries

563
Under Armour

563

What this shows Hill-Rom holds 569 patents at rank #811, 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 #811 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61G (Transport)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hill-Rom, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Optum, Inc. 64 Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd. 64 Tsmc China Company, Limited 64 Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.8 here).

Verily Life Sciences LLC 18.8 avg Commscope Technologies LLC 18.8 avg Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 18.8 avg NIO USA, Inc. 18.8 avg

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

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

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 Services, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	41	7.2%
2016	55	9.7%
2017	53	9.3%
2018	44	7.7%
2019	68	12.0%
2020	50	8.8%
2021	59	10.4%
2022	55	9.7%
2023	55	9.7%
2024	48	8.4%
2025partial year	41	7.2%

Which technologies does Hill-Rom Services, Inc. patent most?

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 396

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 221

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 205

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 117

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 106

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 55

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 47

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 41

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 38

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 34

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 32

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 30

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 29

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 25

G01G - Weighing 21

Top 15 of 82 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#811

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

64.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Hill-Rom Services, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hill-Rom Services, Inc.'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), 69.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61G
Ranked #811 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hill-Rom Services, Inc. against MTU Aero Engines AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.2/100 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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