Where does Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH ranks #21,243 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 Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH hold?

Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH's Innovation Score?

Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH has an Innovation Score of 25.9 out of 100 (19th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH's patents?

Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH's patents average 11.6 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 Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH 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

Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH focus on?

Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH's top technology area is C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes) with 13 patents, ranking #353 of 2,502 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 6 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: C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Micr).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hummingbird ranks #21,243 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 6 technology areas.

#21,243
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.9/100): 11.6
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21243 · Foreign Corporation #21,243 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,243/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hole-In-One Media
CPC-NARROW C12Q · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hole-In-One Media, Inc. (±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 Hummingbird’s 25.9 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 9.1 pts (35%) Velocity 1.1 pts (4%) Breadth 8.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hummingbird… · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Hummingbird's Innovation Score is 25.9/100 (19th 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 Hummingbird?

Each dot is one of Hummingbird’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). Hummingbird’s own 11.6 claims/patent is at or below the 14.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hummingbird's grants concentrate

Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Micr). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Hummingbird sits between Hole-In-One Media, Inc. and I.G. Bauerhin GMBH.

Hummingbird's three-year grant acceleration

Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Hole-in-one Media

13
Hosei University

13
Hothead Games

13
Hottinger Baldwin…

13
Hydromecanique et…

13
I-cubed Research…

13
I-mab Biopharma US

13
I G Bauerhin

13
Hummingbird Diagn… ◀

13

What this shows Hummingbird holds 13 patents at rank #21,242, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hummingbird

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,242 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes)

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

Hummingbird's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% 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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Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	4	30.8%
2018	1	7.7%
2019	1	7.7%
2020	3	23.1%
2021	2	15.4%
2023	1	7.7%
2025partial year	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH patent most?

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 13

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 2

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 1

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

C07K - Peptides 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

Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH's lead technology class is C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Micr), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12Q
Ranked #21,243 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH against Hole-In-One Media, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.9/100 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.