Overall rank by patents
#769
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 597 granted patents across 41 technology areas, active 2015–2023. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G02F (OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICA).
The verdict
Panasonic holds 597 US patents across 41 technology areas, rank #769 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd. has been granted 597 US utility patents between 2015 and 2023, placing Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd. at rank #769 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 41 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 11.0 claims per patent with primary concentration in G02F (OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICA). As a Foreign Corporation, Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Panasonic sits between Vitesco Technologies Gmbh (601 patents, rank #765) and Schott Ag (594 patents, rank #773) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 52.5/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 182 grants, compared with 415 in the 2015–2019 window, a -56% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.'s 11.0 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while a multi-domain presence across 41 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
601 patents
TDK TAIWAN CORP.
598 patents
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
597 patents
Donaldson Company, Inc.
597 patents
Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
597 patents
Hunter Fan Company
594 patents
Red Hat Israel Ltd.
594 patents
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
594 patents
Schott AG
594 patents
What this shows Panasonic holds 597 patents at rank #769, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #769 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Panasonic's primary technology class.
Panasonic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 101 | 16.9% |
| 2016 | 77 | 12.9% |
| 2017 | 76 | 12.7% |
| 2018 | 77 | 12.9% |
| 2019 | 84 | 14.1% |
| 2020 | 79 | 13.2% |
| 2021 | 64 | 10.7% |
| 2022 | 33 | 5.5% |
| 2023 | 6 | 1.0% |
Top 15 of 41 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#769
Across all tracked assignees
52.5 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Panasonic's 597 grants land it in the top 10% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
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.