Hewlett Packard, HP, has a total of 22376 patents globally, out of which 14923 have been granted. Of these 22376 patents, more than 59% patents are active. United States of America is where HP has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and China, it has generated an annual revenue of $ 63.5 billion in the year 2021. Parallelly, USA seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of HP.
HP was founded in the year 1939 by Bill Hewlett and David Packard and is a multinational information technology firm based in California, United States. It develops and sells a wide range of hardware, software, and related services to consumers, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and major corporations. As of February 2022, HP has a market cap of $ 38.10Billion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of HP which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find HP’ patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over HP’ patent portfolio.
How many patents does the founder and the CEO of HP have?
The founders,Bill Hewlett and David Packard, have 0 and 14 patents respectively. The CEO, Enrique Lores, has 0 patents.
How many patents does HP have?
HP has a total of 22376 patents globally. These patents belong to 15023 unique patent families. Out of 22376 patents, 13307 patents are active.
How many HP patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
Patent Families
How Many Patents did HP File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | HP Applications Filed | HP Patents Granted |
| 2011 | 1029 | 683 |
| 2012 | 1483 | 800 |
| 2013 | 1535 | 763 |
| 2014 | 1474 | 917 |
| 2015 | 2173 | 978 |
| 2016 | 1193 | 899 |
| 2017 | 692 | 720 |
| 2018 | 1063 | 722 |
| 2019 | 972 | 1130 |
| 2020 | 578 | 1132 |
| 2021 | 339 | 843 |
| 2022 | – | 90 |
How Many Patents did HP File in Different Countries?
Countries in which HP Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States Of America | 14845 |
| Europe | 1656 |
| China | 1574 |
| Germany | 1090 |
| United Kingdom | 413 |
| India | 326 |
| Taiwan | 307 |
| Korea (South) | 158 |
| Japan | 74 |
| Brazil | 32 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 31 |
| Australia | 29 |
| Canada | 27 |
| Singapore | 17 |
| Austria | 8 |
| Israel | 7 |
| Malaysia | 7 |
| New Zealand | 7 |
| Finland | 3 |
| Denmark | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 |
| Spain | 3 |
| Poland | 1 |
| Viet Nam | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 1 |
| Philippines | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of HP Patents Located?
10 Best HP Patents
US6330570B1 is the most popular patent in the HP portfolio. It has received 884 citations so far from companies like IBM, Hitachi, and Microsoft.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of HP:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US6330570B1 | 884 |
| US6336138B1 | 750 |
| US6256767B1 | 739 |
| US6185601B1 | 669 |
| US6535983B1 | 606 |
| US6173322B1 | 600 |
| US6606690B2 | 575 |
| US6601101B1 | 552 |
| US6195676B1 | 550 |
| US6243761B1 | 542 |
Which Companies are using HP Patents to Advance their Research?
If patents or patents from a particular technology area of a company receive a lot of citations, it implies that the technology is being followed and incrementally innovated by the citing companies. It also indicates that citing companies are working on similar and closely related technologies.
The top citing companies in the HP patent portfolio are IBM, Microsoft, and Bank of New York Mellon Trust.
List of the top forward citing Companies –
| Company | Number of Patents |
| IBM | 2156 |
| Microsoft | 670 |
| Bank Of New York Mellon Trust | 622 |
| Intel | 615 |
| Cisco | 417 |
| Samsung | 387 |
| Fujitsu | 373 |
| Amazon | 308 |
| Oracle | 304 |
| Huawei | 269 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on HP Patents
Top HP Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US8185893B2 | 45 |
| US7197433B2 | 39 |
| US7730486B2 | 35 |
| US8544002B2 | 32 |
| US7310737B2 | 28 |
| US6574104B2 | 27 |
| US6785786B1 | 26 |
| US8046767B2 | 25 |
| US7644148B2 | 25 |
| US7508663B2 | 25 |
| US9594579B2 | 24 |
| US8885539B2 | 23 |
| US8503307B2 | 22 |
| US8223770B2 | 21 |
| US7315448B1 | 21 |
What Percentage of HP US Patent Applications were Granted?
HP (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 61159 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 47020 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 81.56%.
Below are the key stats of HP patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for HP?
| Law Firm | Total Application | Success Rate |
| Hewlett-Packard Company | 96558 | 95.05% |
| Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. | 12010 | 99.10% |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 3212 | 99.53% |
| Hp Printing Korea Co., Ltd. | 3003 | 99.27% |
| S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd. | 2773 | 99.39% |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | 2650 | 99.58% |
| Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | 2206 | 82.91% |
| Digital Equipment Corporation | 2077 | 99.42% |
| Agilent Technologies Inc | 1918 | 98.33% |
| 3com Corporation | 1561 | 98.85% |
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What are HP’s key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by HP?
The chart below distributes patents filed by HP in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where HP thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How HP search focus changed over the years?
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