Where does Japan Tobacco Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Japan Tobacco Inc. ranks #1,050 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 Japan Tobacco Inc. hold?

Japan Tobacco Inc. holds 412 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 90 technology areas.

What is Japan Tobacco Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Japan Tobacco Inc. has an Innovation Score of 63.2 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Japan Tobacco Inc. focus on?

Japan Tobacco Inc.'s top technology area is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices) with 250 patents, ranking #6 of 214 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 90 CPC subclasses total.

Is Japan Tobacco Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Japan Tobacco Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +162% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Japan Tobacco Inc.'s patents?

Japan Tobacco Inc.'s patents average 13.6 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 Japan Tobacco Inc. 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

Japan Tobacco Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 412 granted patents across 90 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: A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Japan ranks #1,050 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 412 patents across 90 technology areas.

#1,050
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.2/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: +162%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1050 · Foreign Corporation #1,050 · 412 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 412 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,050/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Andreas Stihl & KG
CPC-WIDE A24F · 90 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +162% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG (±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 63.2 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 20.8 pts (33%) Velocity 9.3 pts (15%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The Hong Kong… · near

63
The University of… · near

63
Japan Tobacco · this assignee

63
Oura Health Oy · near

63
Ansys · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Japan's Innovation Score is 63.2/100 (top 2% 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 13.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.0 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 Tobacco Inc. received 278 grants versus 106 in 2015–2019 (+162% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 77 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 14. Lead class A24F accounts for 60.7% of the portfolio across 90 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Traxxas, L.P. (#1,046) and Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (#1,054).

Japan's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Japan Tobacco Inc. moved from 129 to 179 grants (1.39x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #531. See the growth leaderboard.

Traxxas

414
Florida State Uni…

413
Siemens Mobility

413
Andreas Stihl & KG

412
Japan Tobacco ◀

412
A9 com

411
Asahi Glass

411
Gigaphoton

411
Seoul Semiconduct…

410

What this shows Japan holds 412 patents at rank #1,050, 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 #1,050 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24F (Smokers' Requisites)

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 A24F (Smokers' Requisites), Japan ranks #6 of 214 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Oura Health Oy 63 Ansys, Inc. 63 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 63 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.6 here).

Astrazeneca AB 13.6 avg Gogoro, Inc. 13.6 avg Everi Games Inc. 13.6 avg Outotec Oyj 13.6 avg

Japan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Japan Tobacco Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	20	4.9%
2016	14	3.4%
2017	20	4.9%
2018	22	5.3%
2019	30	7.3%
2020	43	10.4%
2021	56	13.6%
2022	55	13.3%
2023	47	11.4%
2024	77	18.7%
2025partial year	28	6.8%

Which technologies does Japan Tobacco Inc. patent most?

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 250

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 133

A24B - Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff 87

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 86

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 66

A24D - CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces 64

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 58

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 40

A24C - Machines FOR Making Cigars OR Cigarettes 26

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 24

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 24

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 22

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 21

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 19

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 19

Top 15 of 90 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 Tobacco Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Japan Tobacco Inc.'s lead technology class is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices), 60.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24F
Ranked #1,050 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Japan Tobacco Inc. against Traxxas, L.P., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.2/100 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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