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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ranks #45 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 Manufacturing Co., Ltd. hold?

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. holds 8,029 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 273 technology areas.

What is Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 73.0 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. focus on?

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H03H (Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators) with 1,775 patents, ranking #1 of 636 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 273 CPC subclasses total.

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

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +40% 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 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s patents average 15.3 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 Manufacturing 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

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8,029 granted patents across 273 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: H03H (Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Murata ranks #45 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8,029 patents across 273 technology areas.

#45
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (73.0/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: +40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45 · Foreign Corporation #45 · 8,029 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 8.0K grants
TOP-DECILE #45/49,997
NEAR-PEER Tencent Technology…
CPC-BROAD H03H · 273 areas
INNOV-STRONG 73.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tencent Technology (SHENZHEN) Company Limited (±10 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 Murata’s 73.0 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 31.1 pts (43%) Velocity 7.7 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Imam Abdulrahman… · near

73
Solventum Intellectu… · near

73
United Services… · near

73
Atieva · near

73
Murata Manufacturing · this assignee

73
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Murata's Innovation Score is 73.0/100 (top 1% 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 Murata?

Each dot is one of Murata’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). Murata’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Murata's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. received 4,225 grants versus 3,025 in 2015–2019 (+40% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 1,007 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 383. Lead class H03H accounts for 22.1% of the portfolio across 273 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Fujifilm Corporation (#41) and Korea Advanced Institute OF Science AND Technology (#49).

Murata's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. moved from 2,347 to 2,725 grants (1.16x 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 #848. See the growth leaderboard.

Fujifilm

8,518
LG Display

8,410
Sharp

8,041
Tencent Technolog…

8,039
Murata Manufactur… ◀

8,029
Brother Kogyo

7,931
Semiconductor Ene…

7,844
Halliburton Energ…

7,827
Korea Advanced In…

7,452

What this shows Murata holds 8,029 patents at rank #45, 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 #45 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H03H (Impedance Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Murata, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H03H (Impedance Networks), Murata ranks #1 of 636 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (73 here).

Atieva, Inc. 73 United Services Automobile Association (USAA) 73 Solventum Intellectual Properties Company 73 Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University 73

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.3 here).

Ingersoll-Rand Company 15.3 avg tooz technologies GmbH 15.3 avg Longitude Semiconductor S.a.r.l. 15.3 avg Dana Motion Systems Italia S.R.L. 15.3 avg

Murata's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

73 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	383	4.8%
2016	478	6.0%
2017	569	7.1%
2018	748	9.3%
2019	847	10.5%
2020	767	9.6%
2021	733	9.1%
2022	913	11.4%
2023	805	10.0%
2024	1,007	12.5%
2025partial year	779	9.7%

Which technologies does Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. patent most?

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 1,775

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 1,247

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1,201

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1,164

H04B - Transmission 1,007

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 959

H03F - Amplifiers 730

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 680

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 541

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 531

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 512

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 407

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 371

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 303

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 291

Top 15 of 273 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

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

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H03H (Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators), 22.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H03H
Ranked #45 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. against Fujifilm Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 73.0/100 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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