Where does Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology ranks #6,801 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology's Innovation Score?

Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology has an Innovation Score of 52.9 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology's recent grant velocity is +24% 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 Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology's patents?

Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology'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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology

Q: How many patents does Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology hold?

Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 67 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology focus on?

Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology's top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 9 patents, ranking #406 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 67 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology 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 - 49 granted patents across 67 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Japan ranks #6,801 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 67 technology areas.

#6,801
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (52.9/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: +24%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6801 · Foreign Corporation #6,801 · 49 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,801/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Institute for…
CPC-WIDE E21B · 67 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +24% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education, 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 Japan’s 52.9 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 13.5 pts (26%) Velocity 8.2 pts (16%) Breadth 25.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (12%)

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Netease (HANGZHOU)… · near

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Outotec (FINLAND) OY · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Japan's Innovation Score is 52.9/100 (top 9% 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 Japan?

Each dot is one of Japan’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). Japan’s own 10.3 claims/patent is at or below the 13.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Japan's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology received 26 grants versus 21 in 2015–2019 (+24% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 7 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 2. Lead class E21B accounts for 18.4% of the portfolio across 67 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education, Ltd. (#6,797) and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (#6,805).

Japan's three-year grant acceleration

Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology shows 16 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.

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What this shows Japan holds 49 patents at rank #6,801, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Japan

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,801 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Japan, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Japan ranks #406 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Foundation Medicine, Inc. 53 Netease (HANGZHOU) Network Co., Ltd. 53 Outotec (FINLAND) OY 53 El Electronics LLC 53

Japan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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

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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Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	4.1%
2016	7	14.3%
2017	7	14.3%
2018	2	4.1%
2019	3	6.1%
2020	6	12.2%
2021	4	8.2%
2022	4	8.2%
2023	5	10.2%
2024	7	14.3%
2025partial year	2	4.1%

Which technologies does Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 9

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 9

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 9

H04B - Transmission 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 6

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 5

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 5

E21C - Mining OR Quarrying 3

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 3

G01W - Meteorology 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

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 2

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 2

Top 15 of 67 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

Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology's lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 18.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #6,801 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Japan Agency FOR Marine-earth Science AND Technology against Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.9/100 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

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