Where does Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp. ranks #8,821 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 Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp. hold?

Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp. holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp. has an Innovation Score of 36.2 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp. focus on?

Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp.'s top technology area is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines) with 20 patents, ranking #143 of 1,724 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp.'s recent grant velocity is +6% 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 Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp.'s patents?

Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp.'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 Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp. 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

Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 12 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: H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hiwin ranks #8,821 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 12 technology areas.

#8,821
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.2/100): 8.0
avg claims per patent: +6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8821 · Foreign Corporation #8,821 · 36 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,821/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Graff Faucets
CPC-FOCUS H02K · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Graff Faucets (±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 Hiwin’s 36.2 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 12.5 pts (35%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 12.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 4.8 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Industrie DE Nora S… · near

36
Solarflare Communica… · near

36
Hiwin Mikrosystem · this assignee

36
Express Scripts · near

36
Swatch · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hiwin's Innovation Score is 36.2/100 (top 47% 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 Hiwin?

Each dot is one of Hiwin’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). Hiwin’s own 8.0 claims/patent is at or below the 11.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hiwin's grants concentrate

Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Hiwin sits between Graff Faucets and Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC.

Hiwin's three-year grant acceleration

Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Graff Faucets

36
Hach Lange

36
Hamilton Associat…

36
Han's Laser Techn…

36
Hopto

36
Hunan University…

36
Hahn-schickard-ge…

36
Helmerich & Payne

36
Hiwin Mikrosystem ◀

36

What this shows Hiwin holds 36 patents at rank #8,818, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hiwin

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,818 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hiwin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), Hiwin ranks #143 of 1,724 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Express Scripts, Inc. 36 Swatch Ltd. 36 Industrie DE Nora S.P.A. 36 Solarflare Communications, Inc. 36

Hiwin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% 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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Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	5.6%
2016	1	2.8%
2017	7	19.4%
2018	3	8.3%
2019	4	11.1%
2020	5	13.9%
2021	2	5.6%
2022	5	13.9%
2023	3	8.3%
2024	3	8.3%
2025partial year	1	2.8%

Which technologies does Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp. patent most?

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 20

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 4

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 4

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

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 2

F16H - Gearing 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp.'s lead technology class is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02K
Ranked #8,821 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp. against Graff Faucets, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.2/100 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

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