Where does Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute ranks #36,857 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 Municipal Technical Research Institute hold?

Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute's Innovation Score?

Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute has an Innovation Score of 26.1 out of 100 (19th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute'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 Municipal Technical Research Institute's patents?

Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute's patents average 6.6 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute

Q: What technology areas does Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute focus on?

Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute's top technology area is B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute 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 PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 18 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: B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Osaka ranks #36,857 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 18 technology areas.

#36,857
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.1/100): 6.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36857 · Foreign Corporation #36,857 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,857/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Orlando Health
CPC-FOCUS B82Y · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Orlando Health, 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
Osaka Municipal… · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Osaka's Innovation Score is 26.1/100 (19th 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 Municipal Technical Research Institute is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Osaka sits between Orlando Health, Inc. and OSR Enterprises AG.

Orlando Health

7
Orofino Pharmaceu…

7
Orthorebirth

7
Osaka Electro-com…

7
Osaka Prefectural…

7
Osim Internationa…

7
Osprey Packs

7
OSR Enterprises

7
Osaka Municipal T… ◀

7

What this shows Osaka holds 7 patents at rank #36,784, 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 #36,784 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF Nanostructures)

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)

26 19th percentile higher than 19% 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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Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	57.1%
2016	2	28.6%
2017	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute patent most?

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 3

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

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

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 1

C22C - Alloys 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

Top 15 of 18 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#36,857

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

26.1 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 Municipal Technical Research Institute's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute's lead technology class is B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B82Y
Ranked #36,857 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute against Orlando Health, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.1/100 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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