Where does Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. ranks #35,531 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 Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. hold?

Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Godo Shusei Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 27.2 out of 100 (23rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Godo Shusei Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Godo Shusei Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Godo Shusei Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Godo Shusei Co., Ltd.'s patents average 12.0 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 Godo Shusei 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

Godo Shusei Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. focus on?

Godo Shusei Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 7 patents, ranking #1,382 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Godo ranks #35,531 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 9 technology areas.

#35,531
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 23rd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.2/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35531 · Foreign Corporation #35,531 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,531/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Global Power Group
CPC-NARROW C12N · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Global Power Technologies Group (±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 Godo’s 27.2 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 7.2 pts (26%) Velocity 2.2 pts (8%) Breadth 10.6 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Godo Shusei · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Godo's Innovation Score is 27.2/100 (23rd 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 Godo?

Each dot is one of Godo’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). Godo’s own 12.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Godo's grants concentrate

Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media). By volume, Godo sits between Global Power Technologies Group and GOTOHTI.COM Inc..

Godo's three-year grant acceleration

Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Global Power Group

7
GLP German Light…

7
Gmat Ventures

7
GO Therapeutics

7
Gold Plast S P A

7
Goldenwavepartners

7
Goldwind Science…

7
Gotohti COM

7
Godo Shusei ◀

7

What this shows Godo holds 7 patents at rank #35,469, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Godo

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,469 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Godo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 23rd percentile higher than 23% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 7

C12Y - Enzymes 5

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 3

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 3

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

C07K - Peptides 1

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

C13K - Saccharides Obtained From Natural Sources OR BY Hydrolysis OF Naturally Occurring Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides OR Polysaccharides 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Godo Shusei Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #35,531 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Godo Shusei Co., Ltd. against Global Power Technologies Group, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.2/100 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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