Where does Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd. ranks #26,877 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd.'s patents?

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd.'s patents average 12.9 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd.

Q: How is the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, 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 PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: B31F (Mechanical Working OR Deformation OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mitsubishi ranks #26,877 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 15 technology areas.

#26,877
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.7/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26877 · Foreign Corporation #26,877 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,877/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mirle Automation
CPC-FOCUS B31F · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mirle Automation 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.

How Mitsubishi’s 29.7 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 8.3 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (46%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Mitsubishi Heavy… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Mitsubishi's Innovation Score is 29.7/100 (32nd 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 Mitsubishi?

Each dot is one of Mitsubishi’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). Mitsubishi’s own 12.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mitsubishi's grants concentrate

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under B31F (Mechanical Working OR Deformation OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Mitsubishi sits between Mirle Automation Corporation and MK ELETRODOMÉSTICOS Mondial S.A..

Mirle Automation

10
Misaine Trade

10
Mitac Digital Tec…

10
Mitsubishi Diamon…

10
Mitsubishi Hitach…

10
MIW Associates

10
MJC

10
MK EletrodomÉStic…

10
Mitsubishi Heavy… ◀

10

What this shows Mitsubishi holds 10 patents at rank #26,825, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mitsubishi

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,825 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B31F (Mechanical Working OR Deformation OF Paper)

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

Mitsubishi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	20.0%
2016	4	40.0%
2017	4	40.0%

Which technologies does Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd. patent most?

B31F - Mechanical Working OR Deformation OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 4

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

B41P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Printing, Lining Machines, Typewriters, AND TO Stamps 2

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

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 1

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 1

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 1

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd.'s lead technology class is B31F (Mechanical Working OR Deformation OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B31F
Ranked #26,877 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd. against Mirle Automation Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.7/100 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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