Where does HMD Global Oy rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HMD Global Oy ranks #5,516 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 HMD Global Oy hold?

HMD Global Oy holds 62 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is HMD Global Oy's Innovation Score?

HMD Global Oy has an Innovation Score of 34.7 out of 100 (49th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does HMD Global Oy focus on?

HMD Global Oy's top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 17 patents, ranking #875 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is HMD Global Oy's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

HMD Global Oy's recent grant velocity is +77% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for HMD Global Oy's patents?

HMD Global Oy's patents average 7.9 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 HMD Global Oy 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

HMD Global Oy

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 62 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, HMD ranks #5,516 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 62 patents across 9 technology areas.

#5,516
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.7/100): 7.9
avg claims per patent: +77%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5516 · Foreign Corporation #5,516 · 62 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 62 grants
UPPER-Q #5,516/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Evident
CPC-NARROW H04W · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +77% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Evident Corporation (±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 HMD’s 34.7 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 14.3 pts (41%) Velocity 5.1 pts (15%) Breadth 10.6 pts (30%) Claim depth 4.8 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Aortic Innovations · near

35
Gaodi Digital… · near

35
Grubhub Holdings · near

35
HMD Global Oy · this assignee

35
iSEE Store Innovations · near

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows HMD's Innovation Score is 34.7/100 (49th 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 HMD?

Each dot is one of HMD’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). HMD’s own 7.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where HMD's grants concentrate

HMD Global Oy is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 27.4% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, HMD sits between Evident Corporation and Invacare Corporation.

HMD's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, HMD Global Oy moved from 29 to 22 grants (0.76x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

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Invacare

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What this shows HMD holds 62 patents at rank #5,514, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HMD

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,514 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for HMD, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), HMD ranks #875 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

Aortic Innovations, LLC 35 Grubhub Holdings, Inc. 35 iSEE Store Innovations, LLC 35 Gaodi Digital (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. 35

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.9 here).

Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H. 7.9 avg V Technology Co., Ltd. 7.9 avg Saginomiya Seisakusho, Inc. 7.9 avg Amada Co., Ltd. 7.9 avg

HMD's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

HMD Global Oy patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	4.8%
2018	7	11.3%
2019	12	19.4%
2020	12	19.4%
2021	5	8.1%
2022	8	12.9%
2023	12	19.4%
2024	2	3.2%
2025partial year	1	1.6%

Which technologies does HMD Global Oy patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 17

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 10

H04B - Transmission 5

H04M - Telephonic Communication 4

H04J - Multiplex Communication 2

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

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

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

HMD Global Oy's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

HMD Global Oy's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 27.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #5,516 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HMD Global Oy against Evident Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.7/100 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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