Where does Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd. ranks #46,931 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 Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd. hold?

Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 44.4 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.'s patents average 12.6 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 Furukawa Mfg. 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

Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd. focus on?

Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Furukawa ranks #46,931 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 9 technology areas.

#46,931
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.4/100): 12.6
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46931 · Foreign Corporation #46,931 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,931/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fundacao De Amparo…
CPC-NARROW B65B · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fundacao De Amparo A Pesquisa Do Estado De Sao Paulo (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Furukawa Mfg · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Furukawa's Innovation Score is 44.4/100 (top 26% 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.

Where Furukawa's grants concentrate

Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking). By volume, Furukawa sits between FunFare, LLC and Fyde, Inc..

Furukawa's three-year grant acceleration

Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Funfare

5
Fundacao De Ampar…

5
Fundación Hondure…

5
Funeral Products…

5
Fushang

5
Fusion Hvac Pty

5
Fuzhou Huodan Tec…

5
Fyde

5
Furukawa Mfg ◀

5

What this shows Furukawa holds 5 patents at rank #46,942, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Furukawa

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,942 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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

Furukawa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd. patent most?

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 5

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 3

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 1

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#46,931

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

44.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
Ranked #46,931 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Furukawa Mfg. Co., Ltd. against FunFare, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.4/100 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

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