Hisense USA Corp.

Hisense USA Corp. is the U.S. subsidiary of Hisense Group, a Chinese state-owned multinational manufacturer of consumer electronics and home appliances headquartered in Qingdao, China. The parent company was founded in 1969, while the U.S. operations were established in Suwanee, Georgia, around 2001. As a subsidiary, its ownership is tied to Hisense Group, which has publicly listed arms such as Hisense Visual Technology (SSE: 600060) and Hisense Home Appliances (SEHK: 921, SZSE: 000921). The global parent company is a major enterprise, with over 100,000 employees and revenue reported at $27.9 billion in 2023.

Hisense USA is an operating company that manufactures and distributes a wide range of products for the North American market. The company's primary product line is televisions, and its parent company was the second-largest TV manufacturer by units shipped globally in 2022. Its broader product portfolio includes home appliances such as refrigerators, ranges, dishwashers, and freezers, as well as projectors, audio equipment, and air conditioning products.

The company's patent litigation posture, based on available data, is that of an operating company taking proactive defensive measures. Hisense USA is tracked in a single case where it is the plaintiff and not a defendant. This case is an action before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), a common venue for operating companies to challenge the validity of patents that have been asserted against them.

The sole tracked case is Hisense USA Corp. v. Light Guide Innovations LLC, filed at the PTAB in 2025. In this action, Hisense USA is petitioning to invalidate a patent held by Light Guide Innovations, an entity that appears to be a patent assertion entity. This type of proactive filing suggests Hisense is using the PTAB process to defend itself against patent assertions rather than initiating offensive litigation to monetize its own patents.