Where does Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd. ranks #11,675 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 Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd. hold?

Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 28.6 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +78% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd.'s patents average 10.5 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 Ikeda Food Research 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

Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd. focus on?

Ikeda Food Research 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 25 patents, ranking #432 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 7 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: 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, Ikeda ranks #11,675 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 7 technology areas.

#11,675
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.6/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: +78%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11675 · Foreign Corporation #11,675 · 26 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,675/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hikma Pharmaceutical…
CPC-NARROW C12N · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +78% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA 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 Ikeda’s 28.6 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 11.4 pts (40%) Velocity 1.5 pts (5%) Breadth 9.4 pts (33%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Beijing Edifier… · near

29
Ikeda Food Research · this assignee

29
Nectar International · near

29
Schwan-stabilo… · near

29
Shenzhen Chipscreen… · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ikeda's Innovation Score is 28.6/100 (28th 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 Ikeda?

Each dot is one of Ikeda’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). Ikeda’s own 10.5 claims/patent is at or below the 14.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ikeda's grants concentrate

Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 96.2% of grants classified under C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Ikeda sits between Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and Integra Biosciences AG.

Ikeda's three-year grant acceleration

Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Hikma Pharmaceuti…

26
Hubei University

26
Humancentric Vent…

26
Idtp Holdings

26
Innovator Energy

26
Institut National…

26
Imation

26
Integra Bioscienc…

26
Ikeda Food Resear… ◀

26

What this shows Ikeda holds 26 patents at rank #11,675, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ikeda

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,675 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ikeda, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), Ikeda ranks #432 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

Schwan-stabilo Cosmetic GMBH & Co. KG 29 Beijing Edifier Technology Co., Ltd 29 Nectar International Co., Ltd 29 Shenzhen Chipscreen Biosciences Co., Ltd. 29

Ikeda's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% 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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Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	11.5%
2016	2	7.7%
2017	1	3.8%
2018	3	11.5%
2020	8	30.8%
2021	5	19.2%
2022	2	7.7%
2023	1	3.8%
2025partial year	1	3.8%

Which technologies does Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd. patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 25

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 24

C12Y - Enzymes 19

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 18

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 2

C40B - Combinatorial CHEMISTRY; Libraries, e.g. Chemical Libraries 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 96.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #11,675 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd. against Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.6/100 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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