Where does Gigaphoton Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gigaphoton Inc. ranks #1,053 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 Gigaphoton Inc. hold?

Gigaphoton Inc. holds 411 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 54 technology areas.

What is Gigaphoton Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Gigaphoton Inc. has an Innovation Score of 59.2 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Gigaphoton Inc. focus on?

Gigaphoton Inc.'s top technology area is H05G (X-ray Technique) with 245 patents, ranking #1 of 140 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 54 CPC subclasses total.

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

Gigaphoton Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -14% 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 Gigaphoton Inc.'s patents?

Gigaphoton Inc.'s patents average 15.0 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 Gigaphoton 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

Gigaphoton Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 411 granted patents across 54 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: H05G (X-ray Technique).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gigaphoton ranks #1,053 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 411 patents across 54 technology areas.

#1,053
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.2/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1053 · Foreign Corporation #1,053 · 411 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 411 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,053/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH A9 com
CPC-WIDE H05G · 54 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: A9.com, 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 Gigaphoton’s 59.2 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 20.8 pts (35%) Velocity 4.4 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Rohm and Haas · near

59
Ascensia Diabetes… · near

59
Gigaphoton · this assignee

59
Lubrizol Advanced… · near

59
VMI Holland B V · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gigaphoton's Innovation Score is 59.2/100 (top 4% 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 Gigaphoton?

Each dot is one of Gigaphoton’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). Gigaphoton’s own 15.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Gigaphoton's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Gigaphoton Inc. received 179 grants versus 208 in 2015–2019 (-14% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 53 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 20. Lead class H05G accounts for 59.6% of the portfolio across 54 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG (#1,049) and Fluke Corporation (#1,057).

Gigaphoton's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Gigaphoton Inc. moved from 140 to 92 grants (0.66x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,286. See the growth leaderboard.

Andreas Stihl & KG

412
Japan Tobacco

412
A9 com

411
Asahi Glass

411
Gigaphoton ◀

411
Seoul Semiconduct…

410
The Broad Institu…

410
Assa Abloy AB

408
Fluke

408

What this shows Gigaphoton holds 411 patents at rank #1,053, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gigaphoton

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,053 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H05G (X-ray Technique)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Gigaphoton, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H05G (X-ray Technique), Gigaphoton ranks #1 of 140 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG 59 Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. 59 VMI Holland B.V. 59 Rohm and Haas Company 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.0 here).

Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 15.0 avg Signode Industrial Group LLC 15.0 avg Dignity Health 15.0 avg Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC 15.0 avg

Gigaphoton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Gigaphoton Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	35	8.5%
2016	36	8.8%
2017	34	8.3%
2018	50	12.2%
2019	53	12.9%
2020	44	10.7%
2021	43	10.5%
2022	50	12.2%
2023	20	4.9%
2024	22	5.4%
2025partial year	24	5.8%

Which technologies does Gigaphoton Inc. patent most?

H05G - X-ray Technique 245

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 224

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 219

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 54

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 42

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 34

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 24

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 22

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 17

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 11

B01D - Separation 6

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 5

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 4

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 4

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 4

Top 15 of 54 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

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

Gigaphoton Inc.'s lead technology class is H05G (X-ray Technique), 59.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H05G
Ranked #1,053 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gigaphoton Inc. against Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.2/100 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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