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Canon Production Printing Holding B.v.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 150 granted patents across 34 technology areas, active 2020–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: B41J (TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS).

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150
Total patents granted
34
CPC technology areas
13.5
Avg claims per patent
-
5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Canon holds 150 US patents across 34 technology areas, rank #2,586 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#2,586
of 50,000 US assignees by volume
Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.3/100)
13.5
avg claims per patent

Portfolio overview

Canon Production Printing Holding B.v. has been granted 150 US utility patents between 2020 and 2025, placing Canon Production Printing Holding B.v. at rank #2,586 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 34 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 13.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in B41J (TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS). As a Foreign Corporation, Canon Production Printing Holding B.v. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Canon sits between Windmöller & Hölscher KG (151 patents, rank #2,582) and Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc. (150 patents, rank #2,590) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 54.3/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Historical data spans 2020 through 2025, with 150 total grants over that period. Velocity comparisons require five years of historical filings to calibrate. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Canon Production Printing Holding B.v.'s 13.5 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 34 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Canon Production Printing Holding B.v. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Who files at Canon's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Canon holds 150 patents at rank #2,586, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Canon

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,586 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41J (Typewriters)

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

Canon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 50,000 US assignees

0–10: 687 US assignees (1%). Below this entry. 10–20: 2,527 US assignees (5%). Below this entry. 20–30: 13,162 US assignees (26%). Below this entry. 30–40: 15,294 US assignees (31%). Below this entry. 40–50: 11,491 US assignees (23%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,058 US assignees (10%). This entry sits in this band. 60–70: 1,537 US assignees (3%). Above this entry. 70–80: 234 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 80–90: 10 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 90–100: 0 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Canon Production Printing Holding B.v. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2020 23 15.3%
2021 36 24.0%
2022 29 19.3%
2023 24 16.0%
2024 20 13.3%
2025 18 12.0%

Which technologies does Canon Production Printing Holding B.v. patent most?

Top 15 of 34 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate
Tech Breadth Multi-domain
Claim Depth Standard

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,586

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

54.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Canon Production Printing Holding B.v. hold?
Canon Production Printing Holding B.v. holds 150 US granted patents filed between 2020 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.
What is Canon Production Printing Holding B.v.'s Innovation Score?
Canon Production Printing Holding B.v. has an Innovation Score of 54.3 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).
What technology areas does Canon Production Printing Holding B.v. focus on?
Canon Production Printing Holding B.v.'s top technology area is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS) with 117 patents. The company has filed patents in 34 CPC subclasses total.
Is Canon Production Printing Holding B.v.'s patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?
Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Canon Production Printing Holding B.v..
What does claim depth mean for Canon Production Printing Holding B.v.'s patents?
Canon Production Printing Holding B.v.'s patents average 13.5 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.
How is the Canon Production Printing Holding B.v. 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.

How to use this portfolio

Canon's 150 grants land it in the top 8% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

  • Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Canon ranks #2,586 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
  • Most of this portfolio concentrates in B41J - see who else leads that technology area. B41J leaders
  • Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.