Where does Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. ranks #4,827 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 Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. hold?

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. holds 72 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. has an Innovation Score of 66.3 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. focus on?

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 36 patents, ranking #1,274 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

Is Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +5900% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.'s patents?

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.'s patents average 17.6 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.

Q: How is the Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., 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 PatentsView assignee record - 72 granted patents across 35 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Konica ranks #4,827 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 72 patents across 35 technology areas.

#4,827
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.3/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: +5900%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4827 · US Corporation #4,827 · 72 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 72 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,827/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Humax
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 35 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +5900% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Humax Co., 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 Konica’s 66.3 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 14.8 pts (22%) Velocity 20.0 pts (30%) Breadth 20.9 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Konica Minolta… · this assignee

66
THE Johns Hopkins… · near

66
China Petroleum &… · near

66
Sharp · near

66
Volvo CAR · near

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Konica's Innovation Score is 66.3/100 (top 1% 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 Konica?

Each dot is one of Konica’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). Konica’s own 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Konica's grants concentrate

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (29 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Konica sits between Humax Co., Ltd. and PanPsy Technologies, LLC.

Konica's three-year grant acceleration

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. shows 49 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Humax

72
Inguran

72
Ion Beam Applicat…

72
JIO Platforms

72
Lapis Technology

72
Li-cor

72
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72
Panpsy

72
Konica Minolta Bu… ◀

72

What this shows Konica holds 72 patents at rank #4,826, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Konica

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,826 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Konica, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Konica ranks #1,274 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

THE Johns Hopkins University 66 China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation 66 Volvo CAR Corporation 66 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.6 here).

Board of Trustees of the Univeristy of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville 17.6 avg Merial Inc. 17.6 avg Group14 Technologies, Inc. 17.6 avg Repligen Corporation 17.6 avg

Konica's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	1.4%
2020	4	5.6%
2021	7	9.7%
2022	29	40.3%
2023	10	13.9%
2024	10	13.9%
2025partial year	11	15.3%

Which technologies does Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 36

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 28

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 15

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 15

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 14

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 12

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 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 4

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 3

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 2

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

Top 15 of 35 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

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #4,827 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. against Humax Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.3/100 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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