Where does Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha ranks #5,217 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 Yakult Honsha hold?

Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha holds 66 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 42 technology areas.

What is Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha's Innovation Score?

Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha has an Innovation Score of 51.8 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha focus on?

Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 32 patents, ranking #706 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 42 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha's recent grant velocity is -29% 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 Yakult Honsha's patents?

Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha's patents average 9.6 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 Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha 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 Yakult Honsha

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 66 granted patents across 42 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kabushiki ranks #5,217 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 66 patents across 42 technology areas.

#5,217
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.8/100): 9.6
avg claims per patent: -29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5217 · Foreign Corporation #5,217 · 66 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 66 grants
UPPER-Q #5,217/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Integral Ad Science
CPC-WIDE A61K · 42 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Integral Ad Science, 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 Kabushiki’s 51.8 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 14.5 pts (28%) Velocity 8.6 pts (17%) Breadth 22.9 pts (44%) Claim depth 5.8 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ansaldo Energia… · near

52
e-Vision Smart Optics · near

52
Oculus VR · near

52
Sumitomo Electric… · near

52
Yakult Honsha · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kabushiki's Innovation Score is 51.8/100 (top 11% 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 9.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 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 Yakult Honsha is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 48.5% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Kabushiki sits between Integral Ad Science, Inc. and King Technology, Inc..

Kabushiki's three-year grant acceleration

Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Integral Ad Scien…

66
Jing-jin Electric

66
Jacobs Vehicle Sy…

66
Jumio

66
KHS Corpoplast

66
Korea Electrotech…

66
Kunlunxin Technol…

66
King Technology

66
Yakult Honsha ◀

66

What this shows Kabushiki holds 66 patents at rank #5,217, 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 #5,217 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kabushiki, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Kabushiki ranks #706 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

e-Vision Smart Optics, Inc. 52 Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd. 52 Ansaldo Energia Switzerland AG 52 Oculus VR, LLC 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.6 here).

SJ Semiconductor (Jiangyin) Corporation 9.6 avg Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation 9.6 avg Korea Basic Science Institute 9.6 avg The Radio Flyer Company 9.6 avg

Kabushiki's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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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Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	13.6%
2016	7	10.6%
2017	8	12.1%
2018	2	3.0%
2019	8	12.1%
2020	4	6.1%
2021	2	3.0%
2022	9	13.6%
2023	6	9.1%
2024	3	4.5%
2025partial year	8	12.1%

Which technologies does Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 32

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 27

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 24

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

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 17

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 17

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 13

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 10

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 10

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 9

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 4

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 4

C12Y - Enzymes 4

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 3

Top 15 of 42 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 Yakult Honsha's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 48.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #5,217 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha against Integral Ad Science, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.8/100 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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