Where does Hong International Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hong International Corporation ranks #28,992 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 Hong International Corporation hold?

Hong International Corporation holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Hong International Corporation's Innovation Score?

Hong International Corporation has an Innovation Score of 23.8 out of 100 (13th 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 Hong International Corporation focus on?

Hong International Corporation's top technology area is F41J (TARGETS; Target RANGES; Bullet Catchers) with 8 patents, ranking #5 of 65 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hong International Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hong International Corporation'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 Hong International Corporation's patents?

Hong International Corporation's patents average 12.0 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 Hong International Corporation 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

Hong International Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: F41J (TARGETS; Target RANGES; Bullet Catchers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hong ranks #28,992 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 6 technology areas.

#28,992
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.8/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28992 · Foreign Corporation #28,992 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,992/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hitachi Rail STS S P A
CPC-NARROW F41J · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hitachi Rail STS S.P.A. (±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 Hong’s 23.8 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 8.0 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hong International · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hong's Innovation Score is 23.8/100 (13th 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 Hong?

Each dot is one of Hong’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). Hong’s own 12.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hong's grants concentrate

Hong International Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under F41J (TARGETS; Target RANGES; Bullet Catchers). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Hong sits between Hitachi Rail STS S.P.A. and Hsin Chong Machinery Works Co. Ltd..

Hitachi Rail STS…

9
HK Marketing LC

9
HMS MFG

9
Hobot Technology

9
Horticulture Inno…

9
Horton DO Brasil…

9
HSG

9
Hsin Chong Machin…

9
Hong International ◀

9

What this shows Hong holds 9 patents at rank #28,948, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hong

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,948 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41J (Targets)

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

Hong's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Hong International Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	11.1%
2016	1	11.1%
2017	1	11.1%
2018	4	44.4%
2019	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Hong International Corporation patent most?

F41J - TARGETS; Target RANGES; Bullet Catchers 8

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 5

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

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

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Hong International Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hong International Corporation's lead technology class is F41J (TARGETS; Target RANGES; Bullet Catchers), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41J
Ranked #28,992 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hong International Corporation against Hitachi Rail STS S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.8/100 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.