Where does HRL Laboratories, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HRL Laboratories, LLC ranks #366 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 HRL Laboratories, LLC hold?

HRL Laboratories, LLC holds 1,188 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 189 technology areas.

What is HRL Laboratories, LLC's Innovation Score?

HRL Laboratories, LLC has an Innovation Score of 64.6 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does HRL Laboratories, LLC focus on?

HRL Laboratories, LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 208 patents, ranking #301 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 189 CPC subclasses total.

Is HRL Laboratories, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

HRL Laboratories, LLC's recent grant velocity is -10% 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 HRL Laboratories, LLC's patents?

HRL Laboratories, LLC's patents average 18.5 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 HRL Laboratories, LLC 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

HRL Laboratories, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,188 granted patents across 189 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, HRL ranks #366 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,188 patents across 189 technology areas.

#366
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.6/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: -10%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R366 · US Corporation #366 · 1,188 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.2K grants
TOP-DECILE #366/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH UOP
CPC-WIDE G06F · 189 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -10% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: UOP 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 HRL’s 64.6 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 24.5 pts (38%) Velocity 4.0 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Verily Life Sciences · near

65
HRL Laboratories · this assignee

65
Olympus · near

65
San Diego State… · near

65
Trinamix · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows HRL's Innovation Score is 64.6/100 (top 2% 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 HRL?

Each dot is one of HRL’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). HRL’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How HRL's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, HRL Laboratories, LLC received 541 grants versus 603 in 2015–2019 (-10% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 147 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 70. Lead class G06F accounts for 17.5% of the portfolio across 189 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Altera Corporation (#362) and Karsten Manufacturing Corporation (#370).

HRL's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, HRL Laboratories, LLC moved from 430 to 258 grants (0.60x 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 #2,449. See the growth leaderboard.

Altera

1,196
Chevron U

1,194
Canon Medical Sys…

1,191
Cummins

1,191
UOP

1,188
HRL Laboratories ◀

1,188
Vestas Wind Syste…

1,179
Cardiac Pacemakers

1,178
Karsten Manufactu…

1,177

What this shows HRL holds 1,188 patents at rank #366, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HRL

By rank, the assignees closest to #366 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for HRL, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), HRL ranks #301 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Olympus Corporation 65 Trinamix GMBH 65 San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation 65 Verily Life Sciences LLC 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.5 here).

Snap Inc. 18.5 avg Flextronics AP, LLC 18.5 avg Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation 18.5 avg Galderma Research & Development 18.5 avg

HRL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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HRL Laboratories, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	105	8.8%
2016	116	9.8%
2017	121	10.2%
2018	114	9.6%
2019	147	12.4%
2020	142	12.0%
2021	141	11.9%
2022	108	9.1%
2023	80	6.7%
2024	70	5.9%
2025partial year	44	3.7%

Which technologies does HRL Laboratories, LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 208

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 172

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 117

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 110

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 108

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 83

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 77

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 74

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 69

H04B - Transmission 60

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 59

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 58

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 56

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 56

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 55

Top 15 of 189 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

HRL Laboratories, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

HRL Laboratories, LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 17.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #366 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HRL Laboratories, LLC against Altera Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.6/100 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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