Where does Hisense International Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hisense International Co., Ltd. ranks #1,577 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 Hisense International Co., Ltd. hold?

Hisense International Co., Ltd. holds 262 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 45 technology areas.

What is Hisense International Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Hisense International Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 52.4 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hisense International Co., Ltd. focus on?

Hisense International Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 86 patents. Grants appear in 45 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hisense International Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hisense International Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -88% 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 Hisense International Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Hisense International Co., Ltd.'s patents average 15.5 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 Hisense International Co., Ltd. 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

Hisense International Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 262 granted patents across 45 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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, Hisense ranks #1,577 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 262 patents across 45 technology areas.

#1,577
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.4/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: -88%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1577 · Foreign Corporation #1,577 · 262 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 262 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,577/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Autel Robotics
CPC-WIDE H04N · 45 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -88% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Autel Robotics Co., Ltd. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Element Six · near

52
Hisense International · this assignee

52
Mstar Semiconductor · near

52
Oticon Medical A/S · near

52
Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hisense's Innovation Score is 52.4/100 (top 10% 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.

Where Hisense's grants concentrate

Hisense International Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 45 CPC subclasses with 32.8% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (91 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Hisense sits between Conmed Corporation and National University Corporation Hokkaido University.

Hisense's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hisense International Co., Ltd. moved from 106 to 2 grants (0.02x 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 #3,271. See the growth leaderboard.

Conmed

263
Mitsuba

263
Autel Robotics

262
Canon U

262
Toyota Chuo Kenky…

262
Laitram L L C

262
Microjet Technolo…

262
National Universi…

262
Hisense Internati… ◀

262

What this shows Hisense holds 262 patents at rank #1,577, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hisense

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,577 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho 52 Mstar Semiconductor, Inc. 52 Oticon Medical A/S 52 Element Six Limited 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.5 here).

Funai Electric Co., Ltd. 15.5 avg Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation 15.5 avg GE Precision Healthcare LLC 15.5 avg Hefei BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd. 15.5 avg

Hisense's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Hisense International Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	1.1%
2016	15	5.7%
2017	45	17.2%
2018	91	34.7%
2019	80	30.5%
2020	22	8.4%
2021	4	1.5%
2022	1	0.4%
2024	1	0.4%

Which technologies does Hisense International Co., Ltd. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 86

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 53

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 53

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 46

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 36

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 21

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 20

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 19

H04B - Transmission 14

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 12

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 12

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 10

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 8

H04M - Telephonic Communication 7

Top 15 of 45 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,577

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

52.4 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

Hisense International Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hisense International Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 32.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #1,577 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hisense International Co., Ltd. against Conmed Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.4/100 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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