Where does Kyocera SOC Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kyocera SOC Corporation ranks #36,173 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 Kyocera SOC Corporation hold?

Kyocera SOC Corporation holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Kyocera SOC Corporation's Innovation Score?

Kyocera SOC Corporation has an Innovation Score of 37.3 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kyocera SOC Corporation focus on?

Kyocera SOC Corporation's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 5 patents, ranking #1,733 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kyocera SOC Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Kyocera SOC Corporation.

What does claim depth mean for Kyocera SOC Corporation's patents?

Kyocera SOC Corporation's patents average 6.6 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.

How is the Kyocera SOC Corporation 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

Kyocera SOC Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kyocera ranks #36,173 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 3 technology areas.

#36,173
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.3/100): 6.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36173 · Foreign Corporation #36,173 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,173/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kuiu
CPC-NARROW G02B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kuiu, 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 Kyocera’s 37.3 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 7.2 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (54%) Breadth 6.1 pts (16%) Claim depth 3.9 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kyocera SOC · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kyocera's Innovation Score is 37.3/100 (top 44% 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 Kyocera?

Each dot is one of Kyocera’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). Kyocera’s own 6.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kyocera's grants concentrate

Kyocera SOC Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Kyocera sits between Kuiu, LLC and Kyynel OY.

Kyocera's three-year grant acceleration

Kyocera SOC Corporation shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Kuiu

7
Kuka Systems Nort…

7
Kure

7
Kuros Biosciences

7
Kyoto Pharmaceuti…

7
Kyoto Semiconduct…

7
Kyusyu Nanotec Op…

7
Kyynel OY

7
Kyocera SOC ◀

7

What this shows Kyocera holds 7 patents at rank #36,113, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kyocera

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,113 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Kyocera's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kyocera SOC Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	28.6%
2023	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%
2025partial year	3	42.9%

Which technologies does Kyocera SOC Corporation patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Kyocera SOC Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kyocera SOC Corporation's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #36,173 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kyocera SOC Corporation against Kuiu, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.