Where does Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa ranks #22,850 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 Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa hold?

Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa's Innovation Score?

Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa has an Innovation Score of 22.1 out of 100 (10th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa's recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa's patents?

Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa's patents average 5.4 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 Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa 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

Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa

Q: What technology areas does Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa focus on?

Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa's top technology area is F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings) with 4 patents, ranking #293 of 1,334 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kabushiki ranks #22,850 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 8 technology areas.

#22,850
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.1/100): 5.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22850 · Foreign Corporation #22,850 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,850/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Johnson Controls-SAF…
CPC-NARROW F16C · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC (±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 Kabushiki’s 22.1 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 8.9 pts (40%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 3.3 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Somic Ishikawa · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kabushiki's Innovation Score is 22.1/100 (10th 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 Kabushiki?

Each dot is one of Kabushiki’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). Kabushiki’s own 5.4 claims/patent is at or below the 12.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kabushiki's grants concentrate

Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Kabushiki sits between Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC and Kenford Industrial Company Ltd..

Johnson Controls-…

12
Jointvue

12
Jozef Stefan Inst…

12
K/S Himpp

12
Kalamazoo Holdings

12
KAO

12
KC IP Holdings

12
Kenford Industrial

12
Somic Ishikawa ◀

12

What this shows Kabushiki holds 12 patents at rank #22,843, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kabushiki

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,843 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16C (Shafts)

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

Kabushiki's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	16.7%
2016	2	16.7%
2017	4	33.3%
2018	4	33.3%

Which technologies does Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa patent most?

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 4

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 3

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 1

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 1

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 1

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa's lead technology class is F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16C
Ranked #22,850 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa against Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.1/100 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

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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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