Where does HME, Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HME, Incorporated ranks #14,665 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 HME, Incorporated hold?

HME, Incorporated holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is HME, Incorporated's Innovation Score?

HME, Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 33.4 out of 100 (44th 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 HME, Incorporated focus on?

HME, Incorporated's top technology area is A62C (Fire-fighting) with 14 patents, ranking #24 of 253 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is HME, Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

HME, Incorporated's recent grant velocity is +25% 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 HME, Incorporated's patents?

HME, Incorporated's patents average 13.6 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 HME, Incorporated 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 US Corporation

HME, Incorporated

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A62C (Fire-fighting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, HME ranks #14,665 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 14 technology areas.

#14,665
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.4/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14665 · US Corporation #14,665 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,665/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HES IP Holdings
CPC-FOCUS A62C · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HES IP Holdings, LLC (±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 HME’s 33.4 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 10.5 pts (31%) Velocity 1.5 pts (4%) Breadth 13.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
HME Incorporated · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows HME's Innovation Score is 33.4/100 (44th 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 HME?

Each dot is one of HME’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). HME’s own 13.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where HME's grants concentrate

HME, Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 70% of grants classified under A62C (Fire-fighting). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, HME sits between HES IP Holdings, LLC and Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas LLC.

HME's three-year grant acceleration

HME, Incorporated shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

HES IP Holdings

20
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20
Hitachi-lg Data S…

20
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20
Honshu Chemical I…

20
Hugo Vogelsang Ma…

20
Human Horizons (J…

20
Huntsman Advanced…

20
HME Incorporated ◀

20

What this shows HME holds 20 patents at rank #14,659, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HME

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,659 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A62C (Fire-fighting)

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

HME's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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HME, Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	5.0%
2017	5	25.0%
2018	1	5.0%
2019	1	5.0%
2020	6	30.0%
2021	2	10.0%
2022	1	5.0%
2023	1	5.0%
2025partial year	2	10.0%

Which technologies does HME, Incorporated patent most?

A62C - Fire-fighting 14

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 2

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

E06C - Ladders 2

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 2

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 1

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 14 of 14 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

HME, Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

HME, Incorporated's lead technology class is A62C (Fire-fighting), 70% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A62C
Ranked #14,665 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HME, Incorporated against HES IP Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.4/100 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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