Where does Futaba Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Futaba Corporation ranks #4,333 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 Futaba Corporation hold?

Futaba Corporation holds 82 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 60 technology areas.

What is Futaba Corporation's Innovation Score?

Futaba Corporation has an Innovation Score of 52.8 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Futaba Corporation focus on?

Futaba Corporation's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 13 patents, ranking #2,953 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 60 CPC subclasses total.

Is Futaba Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Futaba Corporation's recent grant velocity is -20% 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 Futaba Corporation's patents?

Futaba Corporation's patents average 7.3 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 Futaba Corporation 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

Futaba Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 82 granted patents across 60 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Futaba ranks #4,333 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 82 patents across 60 technology areas.

#4,333
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.8/100): 7.3
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4333 · Foreign Corporation #4,333 · 82 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 82 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,333/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Eisenmann SE
CPC-WIDE G06F · 60 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eisenmann SE (±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 Futaba’s 52.8 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 15.3 pts (29%) Velocity 8.1 pts (15%) Breadth 25.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 4.4 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Futaba · this assignee

53
Motogo · near

53
Soucy International · near

53
Toyota School… · near

53
Blancpain · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Futaba's Innovation Score is 52.8/100 (top 10% 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 Futaba?

Each dot is one of Futaba’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). Futaba’s own 7.3 claims/patent is at or below the 12.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Futaba's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Futaba Corporation received 36 grants versus 45 in 2015–2019 (-20% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 11 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 5. Lead class G06F accounts for 15.9% of the portfolio across 60 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Eisenmann SE (#4,326) and H.J. Heinz Company Brands LLC (#4,334).

Futaba's three-year grant acceleration

Futaba Corporation shows 23 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

Eisenmann SE

82
Element Six

82
Elringklinger

82
Frank's Internati…

82
Faurecia Clarion

82
Guangzhou Haoyang

82
Gudeng Precision…

82
H J Heinz Brands

82
Futaba ◀

82

What this shows Futaba holds 82 patents at rank #4,330, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Futaba

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,330 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Futaba, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Futaba ranks #2,953 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Soucy International Inc. 53 Toyota School Foundation 53 Motogo, LLC 53 Blancpain SA 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.3 here).

Horizon Hobby, LLC 7.3 avg Noritz Corporation 7.3 avg Orbit Irrigation Products, LLC 7.4 avg SEI Optifrontier Co., Ltd. 7.4 avg

Futaba's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Futaba Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	13.4%
2016	8	9.8%
2017	11	13.4%
2018	9	11.0%
2019	6	7.3%
2020	7	8.5%
2021	6	7.3%
2022	5	6.1%
2023	11	13.4%
2024	7	8.5%
2025partial year	1	1.2%

Which technologies does Futaba Corporation patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 13

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 10

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 9

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 9

A63H - Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks 9

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 7

H04B - Transmission 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 5

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 4

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

Top 15 of 60 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

Futaba Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Futaba Corporation's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 15.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #4,333 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Futaba Corporation against Eisenmann SE, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.8/100 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.