Where does Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. ranks #6,660 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 Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. hold?

Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. holds 50 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 41.5 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. focus on?

Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 21 patents, ranking #638 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +9% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd.'s patents?

Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd.'s patents average 10.3 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 Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, 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

Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 50 granted patents across 18 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hitachi ranks #6,660 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 50 patents across 18 technology areas.

#6,660
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.5/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: +9%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6660 · Foreign Corporation #6,660 · 50 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 50 grants
UPPER-Q #6,660/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gauthier Biomedical
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +9% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gauthier Biomedical, 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 Hitachi’s 41.5 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 13.6 pts (33%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 15.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DigiCert · near

41
Godo Kaisha IP… · near

41
Hitachi Industry &… · this assignee

41
Ruprecht - Karls -… · near

41
V Technology · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hitachi's Innovation Score is 41.5/100 (top 33% 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 10.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.4 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.

Where Hitachi's grants concentrate

Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 42% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Hitachi sits between Gyrfalcon Technology Inc. and Ipex Technologies Inc..

Hitachi's three-year grant acceleration

Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Gyrfalcon Technol…

50
Gauthier Biomedic…

50
Guidewire Software

50
Halozyme

50
Hoffman Enclosures

50
Humanetics

50
Hyper Ice

50
Ipex

50
Hitachi Industry… ◀

50

What this shows Hitachi holds 50 patents at rank #6,660, 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 #6,660 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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 G02B (Optical Elements), Hitachi ranks #638 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

V Technology Co., Ltd. 41 Ruprecht - Karls - UNIVERSITÄT Heidelberg 41 Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 41 DigiCert, Inc. 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.3 here).

Arcelik Anonim Sirketi 10.3 avg MAN Diesel & Turbo SE 10.3 avg Jtekt Europe 10.3 avg Dyson Technology Limited 10.3 avg

Hitachi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% 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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Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	18.0%
2016	9	18.0%
2017	2	4.0%
2018	2	4.0%
2020	7	14.0%
2021	5	10.0%
2022	5	10.0%
2023	4	8.0%
2024	3	6.0%
2025partial year	4	8.0%

Which technologies does Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 21

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 19

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 18

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

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 6

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 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 4

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

Top 15 of 18 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 Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 42% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #6,660 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. against Gyrfalcon Technology Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.5/100 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.

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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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