Is The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited's recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited's patents?

The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited's patents average 10.4 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited

Q: Where does The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited ranks #9,901 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited 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 PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 56 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: C08J (WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #9,901 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 56 technology areas.

#9,901
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (50.0/100): 10.4
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9901 · Foreign Corporation #9,901 · 32 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,901/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Teco Image Systems
CPC-WIDE C08J · 56 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Teco Image Systems Co., Ltd. (±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 50.0 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 12.1 pts (24%) Velocity 6.7 pts (13%) Breadth 25.0 pts (50%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Noritz · near

50
OrVance · near

50
The Hong Kong… · this assignee

50
Trelleborg Sealing… · near

50
Ludwig-Maximilians-U… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 50.0/100 (top 14% 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 10.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How The's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited received 21 grants versus 7 in 2015–2019 (+200% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 7 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 1. Lead class C08J accounts for 15.6% of the portfolio across 56 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Teco Image Systems Co., Ltd. (#9,898) and Toshiba Industrial Products and Systems Corporation (#9,906).

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited shows 12 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.

Teco Image Systems

32
Telepathy Labs

32
Terralux

32
Tesseract Ventures

32
The Smead Manufac…

32
The University of…

32
Topsoe A/S

32
Toshiba Industria…

32
The Hong Kong Res… ◀

32

What this shows The holds 32 patents at rank #9,902, 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 #9,902 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08J (Working-up)

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 C08J (Working-up), The ranks #403 of 1,665 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Germany GmbH 50 OrVance, LLC 50 Noritz Corporation 50 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen 50

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	9.4%
2017	1	3.1%
2019	3	9.4%
2020	7	21.9%
2021	2	6.3%
2022	3	9.4%
2023	4	12.5%
2024	5	15.6%
2025partial year	4	12.5%

Which technologies does The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited patent most?

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 5

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 5

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 3

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

D04B - Knitting 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 3

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

D06P - Dyeing OR Printing TEXTILES; Dyeing Leather, Furs OR Solid Macromolecular Substances IN ANY Form 3

Top 15 of 56 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 Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited's lead technology class is C08J (WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h), 15.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08J
Ranked #9,901 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited against Teco Image Systems Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.0/100 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

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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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