Where does Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. ranks #2,166 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 Technologies, Inc. hold?

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. holds 182 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 44 technology areas.

What is Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.9 out of 100 (top 12% 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 Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 76 patents. Grants appear in 44 CPC subclasses total.

Is Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -99% 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 Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 15.7 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Q: How is the Konica Minolta Business Technologies, 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 - 182 granted patents across 44 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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 #2,166 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 182 patents across 44 technology areas.

#2,166
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (50.9/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -99%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2166 · Foreign Corporation #2,166 · 182 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 182 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,166/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH American Greetings
CPC-WIDE G06F · 44 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -99% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: American Greetings Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Good Sportsman… · near

51
MOR Research… · near

51
Toray Advanced… · near

51
Konica Minolta… · this assignee

51
The Ergo Baby Carrier · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Konica's Innovation Score is 50.9/100 (top 12% 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.

Where Konica's grants concentrate

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 41.8% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (129 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Konica sits between American Greetings Corporation and Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc..

American Greetings

182
Beijing Qihoo Tec…

182
Coopper Tire & Ru…

182
Koenig & Bauer

182
Novelis

182
Pall

182
TPK Touch Solutio…

182
Toshiba Global Co…

182
Konica Minolta Bu… ◀

182

What this shows Konica holds 182 patents at rank #2,166, 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 #2,166 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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. 51 MOR Research Applications Ltd. 51 Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. 51 Good Sportsman Marketing, LLC 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.7 here).

The Rockefeller University 15.7 avg Lanxess Deutschland GmbH 15.7 avg Aledia 15.7 avg Computational Systems, Inc. 15.7 avg

Konica's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	129	70.9%
2016	33	18.1%
2017	14	7.7%
2018	3	1.6%
2019	2	1.1%
2020	1	0.5%

Which technologies does Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 76

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 72

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 64

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 14

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 12

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 6

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 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

B42C - Bookbinding 3

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 3

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 2

Top 15 of 44 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,166

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

50.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 41.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,166 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. against American Greetings Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.9/100 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

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