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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hitec Co., Ltd. ranks #26,478 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 Hitec Co., Ltd. hold?

Hitec Co., Ltd. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Hitec Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Hitec Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 39.2 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hitec Co., Ltd. focus on?

Hitec Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish) with 10 patents, ranking #25 of 119 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

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

Hitec Co., Ltd.'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 Hitec Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Hitec Co., Ltd.'s patents average 8.0 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 Hitec 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

Hitec Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 3 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: A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hitec ranks #26,478 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 3 technology areas.

#26,478
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.2/100): 8.0
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26478 · Foreign Corporation #26,478 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,478/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hilight Semiconductor
CPC-NARROW A22C · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hilight Semiconductor Limited (±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 Hitec’s 39.2 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 8.3 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (51%) Breadth 6.1 pts (16%) Claim depth 4.8 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hitec · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hitec's Innovation Score is 39.2/100 (top 39% 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 Hitec?

Each dot is one of Hitec’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). Hitec’s own 8.0 claims/patent is at or below the 9.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hitec's grants concentrate

Hitec Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Hitec sits between Hilight Semiconductor Limited and Hokuriku Electric Industry Co., Ltd..

Hitec's three-year grant acceleration

Hitec Co., Ltd. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Hilight Semicondu…

10
Himalayan

10
Hitachi Appliances

10
Hitachi High-tech…

10
Hocor Cardiovascu…

10
HOK Product Design

10
Hokko Chemical In…

10
Hokuriku Electric…

10
Hitec ◀

10

What this shows Hitec holds 10 patents at rank #26,446, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hitec

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,446 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A22C (Processing Meat)

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

Hitec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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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Hitec Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	20.0%
2016	2	20.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2024	3	30.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Hitec Co., Ltd. patent most?

A22C - Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish 10

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 3

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

Top 3 of 3 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

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

Hitec Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A22C
Ranked #26,478 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hitec Co., Ltd. against Hilight Semiconductor Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.2/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.