Overall rank by patents
#2,586
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 150 granted patents across 34 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Canon ranks #2,586 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 150 patents across 34 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R2586 · Foreign Corporation #2,586 · 150 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: Asmo Co., Ltd. (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Adtran · near
54 score
ETO Magnetic · near
54 score
Canon Production… · this assignee
54 score
Suntory Holdings · near
54 score
Valmont Industries · near
54 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Canon's Innovation Score is 54.3/100 (top 8% 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.
Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 78% of grants classified under B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (36 grants) versus a trough of 20 in 2024. By volume, Canon sits between Windmöller & Hölscher KG and Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc..
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. moved from 59 to 73 grants (1.24x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #728. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Windmöller & Hölscher KG
151 patents
Zhejiang LAB
151 patents
Asmo Co., Ltd.
150 patents
Auckland Uniservices Limited
150 patents
CrowdStrike, Inc.
150 patents
Eberspächer Exhaust Technology GmbH
150 patents
Epizyme, Inc.
150 patents
Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc.
150 patents
Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.
150 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.
By rank, the assignees closest to #2,586 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Canon's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Canon, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.5 here).
Canon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| 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% |
| 2025partial year | 18 | 12.0% |
Top 15 of 34 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#2,586
of 49,997 tracked assignees
54.3 out of 100
What to do with this data
Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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