Where does Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH ranks #26,477 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 Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH hold?

Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH's Innovation Score?

Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH has an Innovation Score of 32.4 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH's recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH's patents?

Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH's patents average 14.7 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH focus on?

Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH's top technology area is G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry) with 10 patents, ranking #123 of 1,478 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH 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 PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hitachi ranks #26,477 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 6 technology areas.

#26,477
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.4/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26477 · Foreign Corporation #26,477 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,477/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HIL Applied Medical
CPC-NARROW G01J · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HIL Applied Medical, 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 32.4 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 8.3 pts (26%) Velocity 6.7 pts (21%) Breadth 8.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Hitachi High-tech… · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hitachi's Innovation Score is 32.4/100 (41st 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 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 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hitachi's grants concentrate

Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Hitachi sits between HIL Applied Medical, Ltd. and Hokko Chemical Industry Co., Ltd..

Hitachi's three-year grant acceleration

Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

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10

What this shows Hitachi holds 10 patents at rank #26,445, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hitachi

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,445 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01J (Measurement OF Intensity)

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)

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	3	30.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH patent most?

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 10

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 1

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 1

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 1

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH's lead technology class is G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01J
Ranked #26,477 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hitachi High-tech Analytical Science GMBH against HIL Applied Medical, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.4/100 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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