Where does Hilti Aktiengesellschaft rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hilti Aktiengesellschaft ranks #532 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 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft hold?

Hilti Aktiengesellschaft holds 842 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 154 technology areas.

What is Hilti Aktiengesellschaft's Innovation Score?

Hilti Aktiengesellschaft has an Innovation Score of 63.1 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%).

What technology areas does Hilti Aktiengesellschaft focus on?

Hilti Aktiengesellschaft's top technology area is B25D (Percussive Tools) with 126 patents, ranking #2 of 94 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 154 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hilti Aktiengesellschaft's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hilti Aktiengesellschaft's recent grant velocity is +37% 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 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft's patents?

Hilti Aktiengesellschaft's patents average 13.2 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 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft 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

Hilti Aktiengesellschaft

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 842 granted patents across 154 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: B25D (Percussive Tools).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hilti ranks #532 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 842 patents across 154 technology areas.

#532
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.1/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: +37%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R532 · Foreign Corporation #532 · 842 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 842 grants
TOP-DECILE #532/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nippon Steel &…
CPC-WIDE B25D · 154 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +37% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (±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 Hilti’s 63.1 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 23.3 pts (37%) Velocity 7.0 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AI Incorporated · near

63
Penumbra · near

63
Preferred Networks · near

63
Hilti Aktiengesellsc… · this assignee

63
NEW York University · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hilti's Innovation Score is 63.1/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Hilti?

Each dot is one of Hilti’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). Hilti’s own 13.2 claims/patent is at or below the 15.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Hilti's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Hilti Aktiengesellschaft received 443 grants versus 323 in 2015–2019 (+37% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 123 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 44. Lead class B25D accounts for 15% of the portfolio across 154 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Philips Lighting Holding B.V. (#528) and Conopco, Inc. (#536).

Hilti's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hilti Aktiengesellschaft moved from 262 to 274 grants (1.05x 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 #1,070. See the growth leaderboard.

Philips Lighting…

855
Microchip Technol…

851
Semiconductor Man…

848
Open Invention Ne…

845
Nippon Steel & Su…

842
Hilti Aktiengesel… ◀

842
Chongqing BOE Opt…

841
Exxonmobil Upstre…

841
Conopco

831

What this shows Hilti holds 842 patents at rank #532, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hilti

By rank, the assignees closest to #532 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25D (Percussive Tools)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hilti, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B25D (Percussive Tools), Hilti ranks #2 of 94 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

NEW York University 63 AI Incorporated 63 Preferred Networks, Inc. 63 Penumbra, Inc. 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.2 here).

Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd. 13.2 avg Huntsman Petrochemical LLC 13.2 avg Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. 13.2 avg Hitachi Vantara, Ltd. 13.2 avg

Hilti's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 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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Hilti Aktiengesellschaft patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	61	7.2%
2016	44	5.2%
2017	55	6.5%
2018	70	8.3%
2019	93	11.0%
2020	96	11.4%
2021	73	8.7%
2022	65	7.7%
2023	86	10.2%
2024	123	14.6%
2025partial year	76	9.0%

Which technologies does Hilti Aktiengesellschaft patent most?

B25D - Percussive Tools 126

B25F - Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 121

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 102

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 95

B25C - Hand-held Nailing OR Stapling TOOLS; Manually Operated Portable Stapling Tools 79

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 68

B23B - TURNING; Boring 65

B28D - Working Stone OR Stone-like Materials 57

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 53

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 52

A62C - Fire-fighting 44

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 40

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 38

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 36

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 33

Top 15 of 154 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

Hilti Aktiengesellschaft's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hilti Aktiengesellschaft's lead technology class is B25D (Percussive Tools), 15% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25D
Ranked #532 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hilti Aktiengesellschaft against Philips Lighting Holding B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.1/100 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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