Where does Kanazawa Institute OF Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kanazawa Institute OF Technology ranks #19,969 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 Kanazawa Institute OF Technology hold?

Kanazawa Institute OF Technology holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Kanazawa Institute OF Technology's Innovation Score?

Kanazawa Institute OF Technology has an Innovation Score of 39.5 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kanazawa Institute OF Technology focus on?

Kanazawa Institute OF Technology's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 3 patents, ranking #4,165 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kanazawa Institute OF Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kanazawa Institute OF Technology's recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Kanazawa Institute OF Technology's patents?

Kanazawa Institute OF Technology's patents average 10.7 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 Kanazawa Institute OF 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Kanazawa Institute OF Technology

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kanazawa ranks #19,969 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 27 technology areas.

#19,969
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.5/100): 10.7
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19969 · Foreign Corporation #19,969 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,969/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Juganu
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 27 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Juganu 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 Kanazawa’s 39.5 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 9.4 pts (24%) Velocity 5.3 pts (13%) Breadth 18.4 pts (47%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Kanazawa Institute… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Kanazawa's Innovation Score is 39.5/100 (top 38% 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 Kanazawa?

Each dot is one of Kanazawa’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). Kanazawa’s own 10.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kanazawa's grants concentrate

Kanazawa Institute OF Technology is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 21.4% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Kanazawa sits between Juganu Ltd. and Keuro Besitz GmbH & Co. EDV—Dienstleistungs KG.

Kanazawa's three-year grant acceleration

Kanazawa Institute OF Technology shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Juganu

14
Jun Yan Auto Indu…

14
Sega Games

14
Kaloud

14
KAP Medical

14
Keter Home AND Ga…

14
Kettenbach & KG

14
Keuro Besitz & ED…

14
Kanazawa Institut… ◀

14

What this shows Kanazawa holds 14 patents at rank #19,964, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kanazawa

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,964 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Kanazawa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kanazawa Institute OF Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.1%
2017	3	21.4%
2018	1	7.1%
2019	3	21.4%
2020	1	7.1%
2021	1	7.1%
2022	1	7.1%
2023	2	14.3%
2024	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Kanazawa Institute OF Technology patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 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 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 2

D04B - Knitting 2

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

C07G - Compounds OF Unknown Constitution 1

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 1

C08H - Derivatives OF Natural Macromolecular Compounds 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

Top 15 of 27 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

Kanazawa Institute OF Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kanazawa Institute OF Technology's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 21.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #19,969 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kanazawa Institute OF Technology against Juganu Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.5/100 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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