Where does Okamoto Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Okamoto Corporation ranks #16,256 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 Okamoto Corporation hold?

Okamoto Corporation holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Okamoto Corporation's Innovation Score?

Okamoto Corporation has an Innovation Score of 26.6 out of 100 (21st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Okamoto Corporation focus on?

Okamoto Corporation's top technology area is D04B (Knitting) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

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

Okamoto Corporation's recent grant velocity is -69% 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 Okamoto Corporation's patents?

Okamoto Corporation's patents average 5.7 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 Okamoto 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

Okamoto Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: D04B (Knitting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Okamoto ranks #16,256 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 12 technology areas.

#16,256
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 21st percentile
by Innovation Score (26.6/100): 5.7
avg claims per patent: -69%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16256 · Foreign Corporation #16,256 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,256/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Novasentis
CPC-FOCUS D04B · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -69% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Novasentis, Inc. (±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
Okamoto · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Okamoto's Innovation Score is 26.6/100 (21st 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 Okamoto's grants concentrate

Okamoto Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 38.9% of grants classified under D04B (Knitting). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Okamoto sits between Novasentis, Inc. and Ours Technology, LLC.

Okamoto's three-year grant acceleration

Okamoto Corporation shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Novasentis

18
Novem Car Interio…

18
Nuhn Industries

18
Ocusoft

18
Ortho-tain

18
Osom Products

18
OTO Photonics

18
Ours Technology

18
Okamoto ◀

18

What this shows Okamoto holds 18 patents at rank #16,252, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Okamoto

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,252 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D04B (Knitting)

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

Okamoto's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 21st percentile higher than 21% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Okamoto Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	11.1%
2017	3	16.7%
2018	3	16.7%
2019	5	27.8%
2020	2	11.1%
2021	1	5.6%
2024	1	5.6%
2025partial year	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Okamoto Corporation patent most?

D04B - Knitting 7

A41B - SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs 6

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 3

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

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 1

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 1

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 1

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#16,256

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

26.6 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

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

Okamoto Corporation's lead technology class is D04B (Knitting), 38.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D04B
Ranked #16,256 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Okamoto Corporation against Novasentis, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.6/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.