Where does Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. ranks #9,218 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 Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. hold?

Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.3 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. focus on?

Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 14 patents, ranking #2,788 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -87% 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 Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc.'s patents?

Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc.'s patents average 18.2 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 US Corporation

Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc.

Q: How is the Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. 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 - 34 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Canon ranks #9,218 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 14 technology areas.

#9,218
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.3/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9218 · US Corporation #9,218 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,218/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cabela's
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cabela's LLC (±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 Canon’s 37.3 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 12.3 pts (33%) Velocity 0.8 pts (2%) Breadth 13.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Canon Information… · this assignee

37
Crinetics Pharmaceut… · near

37
Legacy Ventures · near

37
Neurocrine Biosciences · near

37
Bosch Mahle Turbo… · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Canon's Innovation Score is 37.3/100 (top 44% 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 Canon?

Each dot is one of Canon’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). Canon’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Canon's grants concentrate

Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 41.2% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Canon sits between Clay Paky S.p.A. and Chien Luen Industries Co., Ltd., Inc..

Canon's three-year grant acceleration

Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Clay Paky S p A

34
Cabela's

34
Cambridge Touch

34
Canary Medical

34
Canrig Robotic AS

34
Carebay Europe

34
Celldex Therapeut…

34
Chien Luen Indust…

34
Canon Information… ◀

34

What this shows Canon holds 34 patents at rank #9,229, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Canon

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,229 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Canon, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Canon ranks #2,788 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Legacy Ventures LLC 37 Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 37 Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. 37 Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GMBH & GO. KG 37

Canon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	5.9%
2016	10	29.4%
2017	6	17.6%
2018	7	20.6%
2019	5	14.7%
2020	2	5.9%
2021	1	2.9%
2022	1	2.9%

Which technologies does Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 13

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 13

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 1

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 41.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #9,218 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. against Clay Paky S.p.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.3/100 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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