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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. ranks #1,043 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 Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. hold?

Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. holds 417 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 90 technology areas.

What is Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 56.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. focus on?

Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 158 patents. Grants appear in 90 CPC subclasses total.

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

Mitsumi Electric 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 Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.'s patents average 9.5 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 Mitsumi Electric 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

Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 417 granted patents across 90 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mitsumi ranks #1,043 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 417 patents across 90 technology areas.

#1,043
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.0/100): 9.5
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1043 · Foreign Corporation #1,043 · 417 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 417 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,043/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH KHS
CPC-WIDE G02B · 90 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: KHS GmbH (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Agco · near

56
Haldor TOPSØE A/S · near

56
Mitsumi Electric · this assignee

56
Soletanche Freyssinet · near

56
tesa SE · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mitsumi's Innovation Score is 56.0/100 (top 6% 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.

How Mitsumi's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. received 212 grants versus 181 in 2015–2019 (+17% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 55 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 26. Lead class G02B accounts for 37.9% of the portfolio across 90 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Scania CV AB (#1,039) and Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (#1,047).

Mitsumi's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. moved from 158 to 106 grants (0.67x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,244. See the growth leaderboard.

Scania CV AB

420
Varian Medical Sy…

419
Postech Academy-i…

418
KHS

417
Mitsumi Electric ◀

417
Agrigenics

416
Pegatron

414
Traxxas

414
Florida State Uni…

413

What this shows Mitsumi holds 417 patents at rank #1,043, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mitsumi

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,043 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mitsumi, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Agco Corporation 56 Haldor TOPSØE A/S 56 tesa SE 56 Soletanche Freyssinet 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.5 here).

Dexin Corporation 9.5 avg Kyosan Electric MFG. Co., Ltd. 9.5 avg Manitou Italia S.R.L. 9.5 avg Inventec (PUDONG) Technology Corporation 9.5 avg

Mitsumi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	45	10.8%
2016	28	6.7%
2017	30	7.2%
2018	26	6.2%
2019	52	12.5%
2020	51	12.2%
2021	55	13.2%
2022	45	10.8%
2023	34	8.2%
2024	27	6.5%
2025partial year	24	5.8%

Which technologies does Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 158

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 104

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 102

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 61

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 55

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 48

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 35

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 32

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 24

H03K - Pulse Technique 23

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 23

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 20

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 18

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 18

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 18

Top 15 of 90 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,043

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 37.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #1,043 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. against Scania CV AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.0/100 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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