Where does Osaka Electro-communication University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Osaka Electro-communication University ranks #36,856 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 Osaka Electro-communication University hold?

Osaka Electro-communication University holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Osaka Electro-communication University's Innovation Score?

Osaka Electro-communication University has an Innovation Score of 27.8 out of 100 (25th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Osaka Electro-communication University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Osaka Electro-communication University'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 Osaka Electro-communication University's patents?

Osaka Electro-communication University's patents average 20.0 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 Osaka Electro-communication University 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

Osaka Electro-communication University

Q: What technology areas does Osaka Electro-communication University focus on?

Osaka Electro-communication University's top technology area is Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Osaka ranks #36,856 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 6 technology areas.

#36,856
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 25th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.8/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36856 · Foreign Corporation #36,856 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,856/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Orion Engineered…
CPC-NARROW Y10T · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Orion Engineered Carbons 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
Osaka Electro-commun… · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Osaka's Innovation Score is 27.8/100 (25th 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 Osaka's grants concentrate

Osaka Electro-communication University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Osaka sits between Orion Engineered Carbons GMBH and Osprey Packs, Inc..

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7

What this shows Osaka holds 7 patents at rank #36,783, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Osaka

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,783 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification)

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

Osaka's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 25th percentile higher than 25% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Osaka Electro-communication University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	28.6%
2016	2	28.6%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Osaka Electro-communication University patent most?

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 2

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#36,856

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

27.8 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

Osaka Electro-communication University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Osaka Electro-communication University's lead technology class is Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y10T
Ranked #36,856 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Osaka Electro-communication University against Orion Engineered Carbons GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.8/100 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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