Where does Himax Imaging Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Himax Imaging Limited ranks #5,077 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 Himax Imaging Limited hold?

Himax Imaging Limited holds 68 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Himax Imaging Limited's Innovation Score?

Himax Imaging Limited has an Innovation Score of 40.3 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Himax Imaging Limited focus on?

Himax Imaging Limited's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 49 patents, ranking #375 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Himax Imaging Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Himax Imaging Limited's recent grant velocity is -52% 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 Himax Imaging Limited's patents?

Himax Imaging Limited's patents average 12.3 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 Himax Imaging 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

Himax Imaging Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 68 granted patents across 17 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Himax ranks #5,077 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 68 patents across 17 technology areas.

#5,077
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.3/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: -52%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5077 · Foreign Corporation #5,077 · 68 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 68 grants
UPPER-Q #5,077/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH First Quality Tissue
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -52% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: First Quality Tissue, LLC (±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 Himax’s 40.3 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 14.6 pts (36%) Velocity 3.8 pts (9%) Breadth 14.6 pts (36%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bizlink International · near

40
Drum Workshop · near

40
Himax Imaging · this assignee

40
Lasermax · near

40
Zhejiang NHU · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Himax's Innovation Score is 40.3/100 (top 36% 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 Himax?

Each dot is one of Himax’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). Himax’s own 12.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Himax's grants concentrate

Himax Imaging Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 72.1% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (18 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Himax sits between First Quality Tissue, LLC and Institute OF Process Engineering, Chinese Academy OF Sciences.

Himax's three-year grant acceleration

Himax Imaging Limited shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

First Quality Tis…

68
Flagship Pioneeri…

68
Hohai University

68
Hill's Pet Nutrit…

68
Idex Health & Sci…

68
Indian Institute…

68
Indian Motorcycle…

68
Institute OF Proc…

68
Himax Imaging ◀

68

What this shows Himax holds 68 patents at rank #5,077, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Himax

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,077 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Himax, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Himax ranks #375 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Bizlink International Corp. 40 Drum Workshop, Inc. 40 Lasermax Inc. 40 Zhejiang NHU Co., Ltd. 40

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.3 here).

Tata Consultancy Services Limited 12.3 avg IPCom GmbH & Co. KG 12.3 avg Valeo Systemes DE Controle Moteur 12.3 avg B. Braun Avitum AG 12.3 avg

Himax's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% 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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Himax Imaging Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	18	26.5%
2016	16	23.5%
2017	1	1.5%
2018	5	7.4%
2019	4	5.9%
2020	7	10.3%
2021	5	7.4%
2022	8	11.8%
2023	1	1.5%
2025partial year	3	4.4%

Which technologies does Himax Imaging Limited patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 49

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 24

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 11

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 3

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 1

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Himax Imaging Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Himax Imaging Limited's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 72.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #5,077 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Himax Imaging Limited against First Quality Tissue, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.3/100 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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