Where does HL Display AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HL Display AB ranks #47,447 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 HL Display AB hold?

HL Display AB holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2021, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is HL Display AB's Innovation Score?

HL Display AB has an Innovation Score of 21.8 out of 100 (9th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is HL Display AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

HL Display AB's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 HL Display AB's patents?

HL Display AB's patents average 15.8 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 HL Display AB 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

HL Display AB

Q: What technology areas does HL Display AB focus on?

HL Display AB's top technology area is A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters) with 4 patents, ranking #97 of 482 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2021. 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: A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, HL ranks #47,447 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#47,447
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.8/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47447 · Foreign Corporation #47,447 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,447/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hitachi Plant Services
CPC-NARROW A47F · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hitachi Plant Services 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.

How HL’s 21.8 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 6.2 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (28%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (44%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
HL Display AB · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows HL's Innovation Score is 21.8/100 (9th percentile 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 HL?

Each dot is one of HL’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). HL’s own 15.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where HL's grants concentrate

HL Display AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, HL sits between Hitachi Plant Services Co., Ltd. and HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH.

Hitachi Plant Ser…

5
Hitachi Rail STS…

5
HJS Emission Tech…

5
HKD Global

5
HM Health Solutio…

5
HMD Entertainment

5
HMR Solutions

5
HNP Mikrosysteme

5
HL Display AB ◀

5

What this shows HL holds 5 patents at rank #47,373, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HL

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,373 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47F (Special Furniture)

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

HL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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HL Display AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2019	3	60.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does HL Display AB patent most?

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 4

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

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

HL Display AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

HL Display AB's lead technology class is A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47F
Ranked #47,447 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HL Display AB against Hitachi Plant Services Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.8/100 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.