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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd. ranks #34,514 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 Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd. hold?

Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 24.2 out of 100 (14th 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 Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd. focus on?

Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 6 patents, ranking #164 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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

Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd.'s patents average 4.1 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 Bizen Hatsujo 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

Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 5 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: B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bizen ranks #34,514 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 5 technology areas.

#34,514
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.2/100): 4.1
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34514 · Foreign Corporation #34,514 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,514/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bitdrift
CPC-NARROW B60N · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bitdrift, 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 Bizen’s 24.2 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 7.2 pts (30%) Velocity 6.7 pts (28%) Breadth 7.9 pts (33%) Claim depth 2.5 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bizen Hatsujo · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bizen's Innovation Score is 24.2/100 (14th 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 Bizen?

Each dot is one of Bizen’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). Bizen’s own 4.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Bizen's grants concentrate

Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Bizen sits between Bitdrift, Inc. and BLH Technologies Inc..

Bizen's three-year grant acceleration

Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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Bitswave

7
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7
Bixby Energy Syst…

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BK Resources

7
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7
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BLH

7
Bizen Hatsujo ◀

7

What this shows Bizen holds 7 patents at rank #34,451, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bizen

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,451 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles)

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

Bizen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% 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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Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	2	28.6%
2023	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd. patent most?

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 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

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

Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60N
Ranked #34,514 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd. against Bitdrift, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.2/100 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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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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