Where does Meiji Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Meiji Co., Ltd. ranks #4,571 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 Meiji Co., Ltd. hold?

Meiji Co., Ltd. holds 77 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 44 technology areas.

What is Meiji Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Meiji Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 53.0 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Meiji Co., Ltd. focus on?

Meiji Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 31 patents, ranking #41 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 44 CPC subclasses total.

Is Meiji Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Meiji Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +17% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Meiji Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Meiji Co., Ltd.'s patents average 8.9 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 Meiji Co., Ltd. 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

Meiji Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 77 granted patents across 44 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Meiji ranks #4,571 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 77 patents across 44 technology areas.

#4,571
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.0/100): 8.9
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4571 · Foreign Corporation #4,571 · 77 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 77 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,571/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH J S T MFG
CPC-WIDE A23L · 44 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: J.S.T. MFG. 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 Meiji’s 53.0 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 15.0 pts (28%) Velocity 9.2 pts (17%) Breadth 23.5 pts (44%) Claim depth 5.4 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alfaisal University · near

53
CoolIT Systems · near

53
entigenlogic · near

53
Meiji · this assignee

53
Mizkan Holdings · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Meiji's Innovation Score is 53.0/100 (top 9% 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 Meiji?

Each dot is one of Meiji’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). Meiji’s own 8.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Meiji's grants concentrate

Meiji Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 40.3% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (10 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2019. By volume, Meiji sits between J.S.T. MFG. Co., Ltd. and Nyse Holdings LLC.

Meiji's three-year grant acceleration

Meiji Co., Ltd. shows 22 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

J S T MFG

77
L3

77
Loewenstein Medic…

77
Lighting Science…

77
Matterport

77
Mie Fujitsu Semic…

77
Nitta

77
Nyse Holdings

77
Meiji ◀

77

What this shows Meiji holds 77 patents at rank #4,569, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Meiji

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,569 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Meiji, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A23L (Foods), Meiji ranks #41 of 1,325 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

entigenlogic LLC 53 Alfaisal University 53 CoolIT Systems, Inc. 53 Mizkan Holdings Co., Ltd. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.9 here).

Jefferson Science Associates, LLC 8.9 avg Hardware Resources, Inc. 8.9 avg Nidec Copal Corporation 8.9 avg Andis Company 8.9 avg

Meiji's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Meiji Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	6.5%
2016	10	13.0%
2017	7	9.1%
2018	5	6.5%
2019	3	3.9%
2020	3	3.9%
2021	10	13.0%
2022	7	9.1%
2023	10	13.0%
2024	5	6.5%
2025partial year	12	15.6%

Which technologies does Meiji Co., Ltd. patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 31

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 30

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 25

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 24

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 23

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 17

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 11

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 7

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 7

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

B01D - Separation 3

A23F - COFFEE; TEA; Their SUBSTITUTES; Manufacture, Preparation, OR Infusion Thereof 3

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

Top 15 of 44 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

Meiji Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Meiji Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 40.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #4,571 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Meiji Co., Ltd. against J.S.T. MFG. Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.0/100 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

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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