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Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 47 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hitachi ranks #7,015 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 47 patents across 9 technology areas.

#7,015
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.3/100)
10.5
avg claims per patent
-100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7015 · Foreign Corporation #7,015 · 47 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-SMALL 47 grants
  • UPPER-Q #7,015/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hangzhou Chic…
  • CPC-NARROW G11B · 9 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 30.3/100
  • CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-DROP -100% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hangzhou Chic Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Hitachi’s 30.3 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Hitachi

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Hitachi's Innovation Score is 30.3/100 (34th 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Hitachi?

Each dot is one of Hitachi’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). Hitachi’s own 10.5 claims/patent is at or below the 11.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Hitachi vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 46.947.047.04747.047.047.1 05101520 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Homy Casa Limited - 47, 1Homy CasaHangzhou Chic Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. - 47, 10.62Hangzhou Chic Int…Hefei Institutes of Physical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences - 47, 10.91Hefei Institutes…Hill-Rom Services PTE. Ltd. - 47, 12.72Hill-rom Services…Hyundai Wia Corporation - 47, 11.72Hyundai WiaInari Agriculture Technology, Inc. - 47, 13.15Inari Agriculture…Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc. - 47, 18.85Indiana Mills & M…Inside Secure - 47, 18.36Inside SecureHitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd. - 47, 10.47Hitachi Consumer
Hitachi vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Hitachi's grants concentrate

Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 91.5% of grants classified under G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (23 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2018. By volume, Hitachi sits between Homy Casa Limited and Inside Secure.

Who files at Hitachi's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Hitachi holds 47 patents at rank #7,017, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Hitachi

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,017 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Re…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hitachi, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Re…), Hitachi ranks #54 of 933 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (30 here).

Kranos IP Corporation 30 General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. 30 Hublot SA, Genève 30 Dubrosky & Tracy Patent Service Corp. 30

Hitachi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2015 23 48.9%
2016 12 25.5%
2017 8 17.0%
2018 4 8.5%

Which technologies does Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd. patent most?

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer), 91.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G11B
  • Ranked #7,015 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd. against Homy Casa Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 30.3/100 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

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.