Where does Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. ranks #24,661 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 Healthcare Americas, Inc. hold?

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2023, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.2 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +900% 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 Healthcare Americas, Inc.'s patents?

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc.'s patents average 18.2 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 Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. focus on?

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc.'s top technology area is G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data) with 7 patents, ranking #692 of 3,149 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2023. 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: G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Konica ranks #24,661 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 5 technology areas.

#24,661
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.2/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: +900%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24661 · US Corporation #24,661 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,661/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kingston Health…
CPC-NARROW G16H · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +900% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kingston Health Sciences Centre (±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 31.2 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 8.6 pts (28%) Velocity 3.8 pts (12%) Breadth 7.9 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Konica Minolta… · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Konica's Innovation Score is 31.2/100 (37th percentile 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 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.6 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 Healthcare Americas, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 63.6% of grants classified under G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Konica sits between Kingston Health Sciences Centre and Kusch + Co. GmbH & Co. KG.

Konica's three-year grant acceleration

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

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Kokam

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11
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11
Kore Outdoor (US)

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What this shows Konica holds 11 patents at rank #24,662, 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 #24,662 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G16H (Healthcare Informatics)

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

Konica's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2023

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 Healthcare Americas, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	9.1%
2020	4	36.4%
2021	2	18.2%
2022	3	27.3%
2023	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. patent most?

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

A61D - Veterinary Instruments, Implements, Tools, OR Methods 1

Top 5 of 5 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 Healthcare Americas, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc.'s lead technology class is G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G16H
Ranked #24,661 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. against Kingston Health Sciences Centre, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.2/100 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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