Where does Kansai University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kansai University ranks #26,657 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 Kansai University hold?

Kansai University holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Kansai University's Innovation Score?

Kansai University has an Innovation Score of 48.6 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kansai University focus on?

Kansai University's top technology area is H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 6 patents, ranking #227 of 891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kansai University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kansai University's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Kansai University's patents?

Kansai University's patents average 19.3 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.

How is the Kansai University 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

Kansai University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kansai ranks #26,657 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 19 technology areas.

#26,657
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.6/100): 19.3
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26657 · Foreign Corporation #26,657 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,657/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kahr Medical
CPC-FOCUS H10N · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kahr Medical 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 Kansai’s 48.6 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 8.3 pts (17%) Velocity 13.3 pts (27%) Breadth 15.4 pts (32%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Kansai University · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Kansai's Innovation Score is 48.6/100 (top 16% 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 Kansai?

Each dot is one of Kansai’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). Kansai’s own 19.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kansai's grants concentrate

Kansai University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Kansai sits between Kahr Medical Ltd. and Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc..

Kansai's three-year grant acceleration

Kansai University shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Kahr Medical

10
KAI OS (HONG KONG)

10
Kaist (Korea Adva…

10
Kaloom

10
Karius

10
Kastanienbaum

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Kede Numerical Co…

10
Kel-tec CNC Indus…

10
Kansai University ◀

10

What this shows Kansai holds 10 patents at rank #26,648, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kansai

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,648 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices)

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

Kansai's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Kansai University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	20.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2023	2	20.0%
2024	1	10.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Kansai University patent most?

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 5

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 3

D04C - Braiding OR Manufacture OF Lace, Including Bobbin-net OR Carbonised LACE; Braiding MACHINES; BRAID; Lace 3

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

D04B - Knitting 2

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 1

G11C - Static Stores 1

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

Top 15 of 19 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Kansai University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kansai University's lead technology class is H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10N
Ranked #26,657 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kansai University against Kahr Medical Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.6/100 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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