Where does THE HC Companies, Inc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE HC Companies, Inc ranks #8,941 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 THE HC Companies, Inc hold?

THE HC Companies, Inc holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is THE HC Companies, Inc's Innovation Score?

THE HC Companies, Inc has an Innovation Score of 25.0 out of 100 (16th 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 THE HC Companies, Inc focus on?

THE HC Companies, Inc's top technology area is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering) with 5 patents, ranking #125 of 635 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is THE HC Companies, Inc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE HC Companies, Inc's recent grant velocity is -56% 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 THE HC Companies, Inc's patents?

THE HC Companies, Inc's patents average 4.0 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 THE HC Companies, Inc 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

THE HC Companies, Inc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #8,941 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 5 technology areas.

#8,941
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 16th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.0/100): 4.0
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8941 · US Corporation #8,941 · 36 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,941/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Syntegon Technology
CPC-NARROW A01G · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Syntegon Technology GmbH (±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 THE’s 25.0 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 12.5 pts (50%) Velocity 2.2 pts (9%) Breadth 7.9 pts (32%) Claim depth 2.4 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Handi-Foil · near

25
Tiffany AND · near

25
Dxterity Diagnostics… · near

25
Memsstar · near

25
THE HC Companies · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 25.0/100 (16th 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 THE?

Each dot is one of THE’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). THE’s own 4.0 claims/patent is at or below the 14.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where THE's grants concentrate

THE HC Companies, Inc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 13.9% of grants classified under A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, THE sits between Syntegon Technology GmbH and Taiwan Green Point Enterprises Co., Ltd..

THE's three-year grant acceleration

THE HC Companies, Inc shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Syntegon Technolo…

36
Synthetic Biologi…

36
Talari Networks I…

36
Tecmen

36
Toyobo MC

36
Transmedics

36
Trumpf Werkzeugma…

36
Taiwan Green Poin…

36
THE HC Companies ◀

36

What this shows THE holds 36 patents at rank #8,936, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near THE

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,936 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01G (Horticulture)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for THE, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01G (Horticulture), THE ranks #125 of 635 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (25 here).

Dxterity Diagnostics Incorporated 25 Memsstar Limited 25 Tiffany AND Company 25 Handi-Foil Corp. 25

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 16th percentile higher than 16% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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THE HC Companies, Inc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	22.2%
2016	3	8.3%
2017	2	5.6%
2018	7	19.4%
2019	5	13.9%
2020	4	11.1%
2021	3	8.3%
2022	1	2.8%
2023	3	8.3%

Which technologies does THE HC Companies, Inc patent most?

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 5

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 2

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 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 1

Top 5 of 5 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

THE HC Companies, Inc's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE HC Companies, Inc's lead technology class is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering), 13.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01G
Ranked #8,941 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE HC Companies, Inc against Syntegon Technology GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.0/100 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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