Where does HP Indigo B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HP Indigo B.V. ranks #1,247 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 HP Indigo B.V. hold?

HP Indigo B.V. holds 339 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 74 technology areas.

What is HP Indigo B.V.'s Innovation Score?

HP Indigo B.V. has an Innovation Score of 55.4 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does HP Indigo B.V. focus on?

HP Indigo B.V.'s top technology area is G03G (ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography) with 245 patents, ranking #15 of 196 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 74 CPC subclasses total.

Is HP Indigo B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

HP Indigo B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +36% 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 HP Indigo B.V.'s patents?

HP Indigo B.V.'s patents average 15.4 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 HP Indigo B.V. 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

HP Indigo B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 339 granted patents across 74 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: G03G (ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, HP ranks #1,247 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 339 patents across 74 technology areas.

#1,247
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.4/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: +36%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1247 · Foreign Corporation #1,247 · 339 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 339 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,247/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Smith & Nephew
CPC-WIDE G03G · 74 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +36% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Smith & Nephew PLC (±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 HP’s 55.4 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 20.1 pts (36%) Velocity 1.1 pts (2%) Breadth 25.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
HP Indigo B V · this assignee

55
B&R Industrial… · near

55
IEE International &… · near

55
Medicaroid · near

55
Thermo Finnigan · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows HP's Innovation Score is 55.4/100 (top 7% 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 HP?

Each dot is one of HP’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). HP’s own 15.4 claims/patent is at or below the 17.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How HP's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, HP Indigo B.V. received 195 grants versus 143 in 2015–2019 (+36% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 98 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 1. Lead class G03G accounts for 72.3% of the portfolio across 74 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Exxon Mobil Technology and Engineering Company (#1,243) and Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (#1,251).

HP's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, HP Indigo B.V. moved from 244 to 39 grants (0.16x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,131. See the growth leaderboard.

Exxon Mobil Techn…

341
Parallel Wireless

340
Sonova

340
Wirtgen

340
Smith & Nephew

339
Toyo Tire & Rubber

339
Tektronix

339
HP Indigo B V ◀

339
Bendix Commercial…

338

What this shows HP holds 339 patents at rank #1,247, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HP

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,247 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G03G (Electrography)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for HP, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G03G (Electrography), HP ranks #15 of 196 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Thermo Finnigan LLC 55 IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. 55 B&R Industrial Automation GmbH 55 Medicaroid Corporation 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.4 here).

Deka Products Limited Parternship 15.4 avg Research Foundation OF THE City University OF NEW York 15.4 avg OUR United Corporation 15.4 avg Micro Focus Software Inc. 15.4 avg

HP's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% 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.

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HP Indigo B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	4	1.2%
2018	51	15.0%
2019	88	26.0%
2020	98	28.9%
2021	58	17.1%
2022	33	9.7%
2023	5	1.5%
2024	1	0.3%
2025partial year	1	0.3%

Which technologies does HP Indigo B.V. patent most?

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 245

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 44

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 40

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 38

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 25

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 23

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 21

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 15

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 12

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 10

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 10

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 7

B41P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Printing, Lining Machines, Typewriters, AND TO Stamps 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

Top 15 of 74 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

HP Indigo B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

HP Indigo B.V.'s lead technology class is G03G (ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography), 72.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G03G
Ranked #1,247 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HP Indigo B.V. against Exxon Mobil Technology and Engineering Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.4/100 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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