Where does Cansonic Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cansonic Inc. ranks #24,055 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 Cansonic Inc. hold?

Cansonic Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2021, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Cansonic Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Cansonic Inc. has an Innovation Score of 18.4 out of 100 (5th 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 Cansonic Inc. focus on?

Cansonic Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 1 patents, ranking #4,395 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cansonic Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cansonic Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +167% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Cansonic Inc.'s patents?

Cansonic Inc.'s patents average 2.0 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 Cansonic 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Cansonic Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2021. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cansonic ranks #24,055 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 6 technology areas.

#24,055
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (18.4/100): 2.0
avg claims per patent: +167%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24055 · Foreign Corporation #24,055 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,055/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cambridge Crops
CPC-NARROW H04N · 6 areas
INNOV-LOW 18.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +167% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cambridge Crops, 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 Cansonic’s 18.4 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 8.6 pts (46%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (47%) Claim depth 1.2 pts (6%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cansonic · this assignee

18
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cansonic's Innovation Score is 18.4/100 (5th 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 Cansonic?

Each dot is one of Cansonic’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). Cansonic’s own 2.0 claims/patent is at or below the 19.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Cansonic's grants concentrate

Cansonic Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 9.1% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Cansonic sits between Cambridge Crops, Inc. and Carbodeon Ltd. Oy.

Cambridge Crops

11
Cambridge Polymer…

11
Cambridge Sound M…

11
Canadian National…

11
Capat

11
Cara Therapeutics

11
Carbitex

11
Carbodeon Oy

11
Cansonic ◀

11

What this shows Cansonic holds 11 patents at rank #24,110, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cansonic

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,110 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Cansonic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

18 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2021

Grants by year

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

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Cansonic Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	3	27.3%
2020	7	63.6%
2021	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Cansonic Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Cansonic Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cansonic Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 9.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #24,055 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cansonic Inc. against Cambridge Crops, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 18.4/100 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

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.