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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Konica Minolta Opto, Inc. ranks #14,729 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 Opto, Inc. hold?

Konica Minolta Opto, Inc. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 24 technology areas.

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

Konica Minolta Opto, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.0 out of 100 (49th percentile 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 Opto, Inc. focus on?

Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 10 patents, ranking #1,088 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

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

Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -95% 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 Opto, Inc.'s patents?

Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.'s patents average 11.8 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 Opto, 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 Foreign Corporation

Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 24 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Konica ranks #14,729 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 24 technology areas.

#14,729
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (35.0/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: -95%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14729 · Foreign Corporation #14,729 · 20 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,729/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Katz Water Tech
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 24 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -95% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Katz Water Tech LLC (±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 35.0 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 10.5 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 17.3 pts (50%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Konica Minolta Opto · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Konica's Innovation Score is 35.0/100 (49th 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 11.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Konica's grants concentrate

Konica Minolta Opto, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (14 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Konica sits between Katz Water Tech LLC and Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, Inc..

Katz Water Tech

20
Kbautotech

20
Kinetic Pressure…

20
Kit Masters

20
Kuhn Rikon

20
Kunshan League Au…

20
Kurin

20
Kythera Biopharma…

20
Konica Minolta Op… ◀

20

What this shows Konica holds 20 patents at rank #14,732, 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 #14,732 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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)

35 49th percentile higher than 49% 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 Opto, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	70.0%
2016	5	25.0%
2020	1	5.0%

Which technologies does Konica Minolta Opto, Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 10

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 7

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 7

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 4

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 4

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 3

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

Top 15 of 24 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 Opto, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #14,729 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Konica Minolta Opto, Inc. against Katz Water Tech LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.0/100 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

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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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