Where does Murata Electronics OY rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Murata Electronics OY ranks #26,913 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 Murata Electronics OY hold?

Murata Electronics OY holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Murata Electronics OY's Innovation Score?

Murata Electronics OY has an Innovation Score of 30.6 out of 100 (35th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Murata Electronics OY's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Murata Electronics OY'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 Murata Electronics OY's patents?

Murata Electronics OY's patents average 15.1 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 Murata Electronics OY 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

Murata Electronics OY

Q: What technology areas does Murata Electronics OY focus on?

Murata Electronics OY's top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 14 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: G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Murata ranks #26,913 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 14 technology areas.

#26,913
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.6/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26913 · Foreign Corporation #26,913 · 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 #26,913/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Maduro Discovery
CPC-FOCUS G01C · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Maduro Discovery, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Murata OY · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Murata's Innovation Score is 30.6/100 (35th 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.

Where Murata's grants concentrate

Murata Electronics OY is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Murata sits between MSP Corporation and Maduro Discovery, LLC.

MSP

10
MTE

10
MTI Baths

10
Multi Radiance Me…

10
Mutabilis

10
Muviq S R L

10
MY Virtual Realit…

10
Maduro Discovery

10
Murata OY ◀

10

What this shows Murata holds 10 patents at rank #26,847, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Murata

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,847 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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

Murata's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% 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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Murata Electronics OY patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	30.0%
2016	4	40.0%
2017	3	30.0%

Which technologies does Murata Electronics OY patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 5

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 5

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 2

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 1

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#26,913

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

30.6 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

Murata Electronics OY's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Murata Electronics OY's lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #26,913 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Murata Electronics OY against MSP Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.6/100 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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