Where does Hiti Digital, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hiti Digital, Inc. ranks #21,232 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Hiti Digital, Inc. hold?

Hiti Digital, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Hiti Digital, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hiti Digital, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.7 out of 100 (top 72% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hiti Digital, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hiti Digital, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Hiti Digital, Inc.'s patents?

Hiti Digital, Inc.'s patents average 12.2 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 Hiti Digital, 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 Foreign Corporation

Hiti Digital, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Hiti Digital, Inc. focus on?

Hiti Digital, Inc.'s top technology area is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: B41J (TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hiti ranks #21,232 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 12 technology areas.

#21,232
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 72%
by Innovation Score (28.7/100): 12.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21232 · Foreign Corporation #21,232 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,232/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH HealthPartners Resea…
CPC-FOCUS B41J · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Healthpartners Research Foundation (±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
Hiti Digital · this assignee

29
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Hiti's Innovation Score is 28.7/100 (top 72% 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 Hiti's grants concentrate

Hiti Digital, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 53.8% of grants classified under B41J (TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Hiti sits between Healthpartners Research Foundation and Hoerbiger Wien Gmbh.

Healthpartners Re…

13
Helperby Therapeu…

13
Hesai Photonics T…

13
Heye International

13
Highland Industri…

13
Highview Enterpri…

13
Hirevue

13
Hoerbiger Wien

13
Hiti Digital ◀

13

What this shows Hiti holds 13 patents at rank #21,233, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hiti

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,233 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41J (Typewriters)

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

Hiti's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 Top 72% higher than 28% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Hiti Digital, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	53.8%
2016	5	38.5%
2017	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Hiti Digital, Inc. patent most?

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS 7

B65H - HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES 2

G06K - GRAPHICAL DATA READING ; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS 2

B41M - PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING, 2

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 2

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 1

B41F - PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES 1

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 1

G01B - MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS 1

G01J - MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY 1

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 1

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,232

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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