Overall rank by patents
#40,711
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Hitachi ranks #40,711 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 9 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R40711 · Foreign Corporation #40,711 · 6 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: HIQ Solar, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Hitachi High-tech… · this assignee
38 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Hitachi's Innovation Score is 38.4/100 (top 41% 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.
Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science Finland OY is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Hitachi sits between HIQ Solar, Inc. and HK Pharma.
Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science Finland OY shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
HIQ Solar, Inc.
6 patents
Histocell, S.L.
6 patents
Hitachi Astemo France
6 patents
Hitachi Astemo Ueda, Ltd.
6 patents
Hitachi High-tech Fine Systems Corporation
6 patents
Hiya, Inc.
6 patents
HJ Laboratories Licensing, LLC
6 patents
HK Pharma
6 patents
Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science Finland OY
6 patents
What this shows Hitachi holds 6 patents at rank #40,639, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #40,639 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Hitachi's primary technology class.
Hitachi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 33.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 16.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 16.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 16.7% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 16.7% |
Top 9 of 9 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#40,711
of 49,997 tracked assignees
38.4 out of 100
What to do with this data
Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science Finland OY's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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