Where does Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd. ranks #16,745 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 Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd. hold?

Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 26.1 out of 100 (19th 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 Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd. focus on?

Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G03G (ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography) with 16 patents, ranking #47 of 196 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -69% 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 Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd.'s patents average 5.5 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 Dowa IP Creation 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

Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: G03G (ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dowa ranks #16,745 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 10 technology areas.

#16,745
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.1/100): 5.5
avg claims per patent: -69%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16745 · Foreign Corporation #16,745 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,745/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Digital 14
CPC-FOCUS G03G · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -69% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Digital 14 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 Dowa’s 26.1 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 10.0 pts (38%) Velocity 1.7 pts (6%) Breadth 11.2 pts (43%) Claim depth 3.3 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dowa IP Creation · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dowa's Innovation Score is 26.1/100 (19th 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 Dowa?

Each dot is one of Dowa’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). Dowa’s own 5.5 claims/patent is at or below the 12.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Dowa's grants concentrate

Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 94.1% of grants classified under G03G (ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Dowa sits between Digital 14 LLC and Dtech Precision Industries Co., Ltd..

Dowa's three-year grant acceleration

Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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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Dowa IP Creation ◀

17

What this shows Dowa holds 17 patents at rank #16,732, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dowa

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,732 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G03G (Electrography)

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

Dowa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	17.6%
2016	5	29.4%
2017	2	11.8%
2018	2	11.8%
2019	1	5.9%
2020	1	5.9%
2021	2	11.8%
2023	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd. patent most?

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 16

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 6

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 5

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 2

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 1

C22C - Alloys 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G03G (ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography), 94.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G03G
Ranked #16,745 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dowa IP Creation Co., Ltd. against Digital 14 LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.1/100 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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