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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd. ranks #31,723 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 Techno Material Co., Ltd. hold?

Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

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

Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 32.9 out of 100 (43rd 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 Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd. focus on?

Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is C22C (Alloys) with 8 patents, ranking #196 of 948 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

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

Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +200% 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 Techno Material Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd.'s patents average 11.5 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 Furukawa Techno Material 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 Techno Material Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: C22C (Alloys).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Furukawa ranks #31,723 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 11 technology areas.

#31,723
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.9/100): 11.5
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31723 · Foreign Corporation #31,723 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,723/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Factory Enova
CPC-FOCUS C22C · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Factory Enova, 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 Furukawa’s 32.9 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 7.6 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (20%) Breadth 11.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 6.9 pts (21%)

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What this shows Furukawa's Innovation Score is 32.9/100 (43rd 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 Furukawa?

Each dot is one of Furukawa’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). Furukawa’s own 11.5 claims/patent is at or below the 12.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Furukawa's grants concentrate

Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C22C (Alloys). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Furukawa sits between FTS Welding and Falcon Innovations Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd..

Furukawa's three-year grant acceleration

Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd. shows 4 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.

FTS Welding

8
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8
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8
Furukawa Electric…

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8
Factory Enova

8
Falcon Innovation…

8
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8

What this shows Furukawa holds 8 patents at rank #31,652, 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 #31,652 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C22C (Alloys)

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)

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	25.0%
2021	2	25.0%
2022	1	12.5%
2024	3	37.5%

Which technologies does Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd. patent most?

C22C - Alloys 8

C22F - Changing THE Physical Structure OF Non-ferrous Metals AND Non-ferrous Alloys 7

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 3

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 2

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 2

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 1

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B21H - Making Particular Metal Objects BY Rolling, e.g. Screws, Wheels, Rings, Barrels, Balls 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

Top 11 of 11 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

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

Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is C22C (Alloys), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C22C
Ranked #31,723 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd. against FTS Welding, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.9/100 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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