Where does Agatsuma Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Agatsuma Co., Ltd. ranks #16,560 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 Agatsuma Co., Ltd. hold?

Agatsuma Co., Ltd. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Agatsuma Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Agatsuma Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 29.4 out of 100 (31st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Agatsuma Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Agatsuma Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -93% 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 Agatsuma Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Agatsuma Co., Ltd.'s patents average 6.7 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 Agatsuma Co., Ltd. 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

Agatsuma Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Agatsuma Co., Ltd. focus on?

Agatsuma Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof) with 4 patents, ranking #73 of 237 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Agatsuma ranks #16,560 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 19 technology areas.

#16,560
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.4/100): 6.7
avg claims per patent: -93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16560 · Foreign Corporation #16,560 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,560/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aero-flex
CPC-FOCUS A23G · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aero-flex Technologies, 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 Agatsuma’s 29.4 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 10.0 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.4 pts (52%) Claim depth 4.0 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Agatsuma · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Agatsuma's Innovation Score is 29.4/100 (31st 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 Agatsuma?

Each dot is one of Agatsuma’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). Agatsuma’s own 6.7 claims/patent is at or below the 10.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Agatsuma's grants concentrate

Agatsuma Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 23.5% of grants classified under A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Agatsuma sits between Aero-flex Technologies, Inc. and Alcor Scientific LLC.

Aero-flex

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Ai21 Labs

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Airbus DS SLC

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Akita University

17
Alcor Scientific

17
Agatsuma ◀

17

What this shows Agatsuma holds 17 patents at rank #16,549, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Agatsuma

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,549 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23G (Cocoa)

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

Agatsuma's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Agatsuma Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	11.8%
2016	1	5.9%
2017	1	5.9%
2018	3	17.6%
2019	8	47.1%
2021	1	5.9%
2025partial year	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Agatsuma Co., Ltd. patent most?

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 4

A63G - MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; Similar Devices FOR Public Amusement 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 3

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 2

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 2

A63H - Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks 2

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

D04B - Knitting 1

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 1

A47D - Furniture Specially Adapted FOR Children 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Agatsuma Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Agatsuma Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof), 23.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23G
Ranked #16,560 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Agatsuma Co., Ltd. against Aero-flex Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.4/100 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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