Where does Mizuno Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mizuno Corporation ranks #3,818 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 Mizuno Corporation hold?

Mizuno Corporation holds 95 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is Mizuno Corporation's Innovation Score?

Mizuno Corporation has an Innovation Score of 46.3 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Mizuno Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mizuno Corporation's recent grant velocity is +77% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Mizuno Corporation's patents?

Mizuno Corporation's patents average 10.1 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 Mizuno 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

Mizuno Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Mizuno Corporation focus on?

Mizuno Corporation's top technology area is A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment) with 42 patents, ranking #31 of 1,021 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 95 granted patents across 33 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: A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mizuno ranks #3,818 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 95 patents across 33 technology areas.

#3,818
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.3/100): 10.1
avg claims per patent: +77%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3818 · Foreign Corporation #3,818 · 95 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 95 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,818/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kopin
CPC-FOCUS A63B · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +77% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kopin 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 Mizuno’s 46.3 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 15.8 pts (34%) Velocity 4.1 pts (9%) Breadth 20.3 pts (44%) Claim depth 6.1 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arlo · near

46
Mizuno · this assignee

46
Pillar Vision · near

46
Guangzhou Xaircraft… · near

46
Phoenix Pioneer… · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mizuno's Innovation Score is 46.3/100 (top 21% 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 Mizuno?

Each dot is one of Mizuno’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). Mizuno’s own 10.1 claims/patent is at or below the 14.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Mizuno's grants concentrate

Mizuno Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 44.2% of grants classified under A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Mizuno sits between Kopin Corporation and Polaris Wireless, Inc..

Mizuno's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Mizuno Corporation moved from 42 to 26 grants (0.62x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Kopin

95
Kuen Hwa Traffic…

95
Leoni Kabel

95
Magna Powertrain…

95
Montblanc-simplo

95
Paramount BED

95
Pioneer Surgical…

95
Polaris Wireless

95
Mizuno ◀

95

What this shows Mizuno holds 95 patents at rank #3,818, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mizuno

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,818 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mizuno, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training), Mizuno ranks #31 of 1,021 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Arlo Technologies, Inc. 46 Pillar Vision, Inc. 46 Phoenix Pioneer Technology Co., Ltd. 46 Guangzhou Xaircraft Technology Co., Ltd. 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.1 here).

Mayekawa MFG. Co., Ltd. 10.1 avg National Chi Nan University 10.1 avg State Grid Corporation of China 10.1 avg Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited 10.1 avg

Mizuno's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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.

View data table

Mizuno Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.1%
2016	8	8.4%
2017	4	4.2%
2018	5	5.3%
2019	13	13.7%
2020	15	15.8%
2021	14	14.7%
2022	7	7.4%
2023	9	9.5%
2024	10	10.5%
2025partial year	9	9.5%

Which technologies does Mizuno Corporation patent most?

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 42

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 40

A43C - Fastenings OR Attachments OF FOOTWEAR; Laces IN General 9

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 8

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 5

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 4

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

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 3

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 3

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 3

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 2

D04B - Knitting 2

Top 15 of 33 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

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

Mizuno Corporation's lead technology class is A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment), 44.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63B
Ranked #3,818 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mizuno Corporation against Kopin Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.3/100 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

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