USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Pioneer Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 483 granted patents across 108 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: H10K (ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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483

Total patents granted

108

CPC technology areas

9.3

Avg claims per patent

+28%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Pioneer holds 483 US patents across 108 technology areas, rank #923 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#923
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.3/100): 9.3
avg claims per patent: +28%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Pioneer Corporation has been granted 483 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Pioneer Corporation at rank #923 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 108 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 9.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in H10K (ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES). As a Foreign Corporation, Pioneer Corporation is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Pioneer sits between Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (485 patents, rank #919) and Corning Research & Development Corporation (481 patents, rank #927) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 58.3/100 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 271 grants, compared with 212 in the 2015–2019 window, a +28% shift in five-year velocity. Steady filing volume suggests sustained innovation without dramatic pivots. 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. Pioneer Corporation's 9.3 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while a diversified footprint across 100+ CPC subclasses spreads risk across many technology fronts. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Pioneer Corporation against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Johnson & Johnson…

485
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484
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484
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483
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483
Pioneer ◀

483
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482
The Swatch Group…

482
Corning Research…

481

What this shows Pioneer holds 483 patents at rank #923, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pioneer

By rank, the assignees closest to #923 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10K (Organic Electric Solid-state Devices)

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

Pioneer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Pioneer Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	43	8.9%
2016	48	9.9%
2017	33	6.8%
2018	37	7.7%
2019	51	10.6%
2020	47	9.7%
2021	55	11.4%
2022	54	11.2%
2023	40	8.3%
2024	52	10.8%
2025	23	4.8%

Which technologies does Pioneer Corporation patent most?

H10K - ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES 109

G01C - MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY 69

H05B - ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL 68

H04R - LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS 58

G08G - TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS 52

G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES 47

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 38

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 36

B60Q - ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL 33

B60R - VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 32

B60W - CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT 29

Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION 26

B60L - PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES ; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES ; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL ; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICL 25

Y02T - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION 22

H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY 22

Top 15 of 108 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Diversified

Claim Depth Simple

Velocity Growing

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#923

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

58.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Pioneer Corporation hold?

Pioneer Corporation holds 483 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 108 technology areas.

What is Pioneer Corporation's Innovation Score?

Pioneer Corporation has an Innovation Score of 58.3 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Pioneer Corporation focus on?

Pioneer Corporation's top technology area is H10K (ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES) with 109 patents. The company has filed patents in 108 CPC subclasses total.

Is Pioneer Corporation's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Pioneer Corporation's recent filing velocity is +28% compared to the prior five-year period. The company is maintaining or growing its patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Pioneer Corporation's patents?

Pioneer Corporation's patents average 9.3 claims each. This is relatively simple claim structure, typical for focused inventions.

How is the Pioneer 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.

How to use this portfolio

Pioneer's 483 grants land it in the top 5% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Pioneer ranks #923 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in H10K - see who else leads that technology area. H10K leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

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.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.