Where does Human, Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Human, Incorporated ranks #14,044 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 Human, Incorporated hold?

Human, Incorporated holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Human, Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Human, Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 27.1 out of 100 (22nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Human, Incorporated's recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Human, Incorporated's patents?

Human, Incorporated's patents average 10.9 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 Human, 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

Human, Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does Human, Incorporated focus on?

Human, Incorporated's top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 7 patents, ranking #343 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Human ranks #14,044 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 7 technology areas.

#14,044
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.1/100): 10.9
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14044 · US Corporation #14,044 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,044/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hiab AB
CPC-NARROW H04R · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hiab AB (±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 Human’s 27.1 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 10.7 pts (39%) Velocity 0.5 pts (2%) Breadth 9.4 pts (35%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Human Incorporated · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Human's Innovation Score is 27.1/100 (22nd 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 Human?

Each dot is one of Human’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). Human’s own 10.9 claims/patent is at or below the 12.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Human's grants concentrate

Human, Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Human sits between Hiab AB and Idis Co., Ltd..

Human's three-year grant acceleration

Human, Incorporated shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Hiab AB

21
Hoerbiger Kompres…

21
Honeywell Safety…

21
Howe & Howe

21
Husky Oil Operati…

21
Hydrow

21
Icon Technology

21
Idis

21
Human Incorporated ◀

21

What this shows Human holds 21 patents at rank #14,043, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Human

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,043 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Human's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

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

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Human, Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	9.5%
2018	5	23.8%
2019	5	23.8%
2020	5	23.8%
2021	3	14.3%
2024	1	4.8%

Which technologies does Human, Incorporated patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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

Human, Incorporated's lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #14,044 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Human, Incorporated against Hiab AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.1/100 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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