Overall rank by patents
#769
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 597 granted patents across 41 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: 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
According to USPTO PatentsView, Panasonic ranks #769 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 597 patents across 41 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R769 · Foreign Corporation #769 · 597 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Bio-Rad Laboratories, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Becton Dickinson… · near
52 score
Sakai Display Products · near
52 score
Abiomed Europe · near
52 score
NEC Laboratories… · near
52 score
Panasonic Liquid… · this assignee
52 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Panasonic's Innovation Score is 52.5/100 (top 10% 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.
Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 41 CPC subclasses with 70% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (101 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2023. By volume, Panasonic sits between Vitesco Technologies GMBH and Schott AG.
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd. moved from 227 to 39 grants (0.17x 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 #3,127. See the growth leaderboard.
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.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Panasonic, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.0 here).
Panasonic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 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
of 49,997 tracked assignees
52.5 out of 100
What to do with this data
Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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