Where does Rakuten Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rakuten Group, Inc. ranks #633 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 Rakuten Group, Inc. hold?

Rakuten Group, Inc. holds 703 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 73 technology areas.

What is Rakuten Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Rakuten Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 62.1 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Rakuten Group, Inc. focus on?

Rakuten Group, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 339 patents, ranking #202 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 73 CPC subclasses total.

Is Rakuten Group, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rakuten Group, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +10% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Rakuten Group, Inc.'s patents?

Rakuten Group, Inc.'s patents average 13.4 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 Rakuten Group, Inc. 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

Rakuten Group, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 703 granted patents across 73 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rakuten ranks #633 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 703 patents across 73 technology areas.

#633
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (62.1/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: +10%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R633 · Foreign Corporation #633 · 703 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 703 grants
TOP-DECILE #633/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alarm com Incorporated
CPC-WIDE G06F · 73 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +10% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alarm.com Incorporated (±1 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.

How Rakuten’s 62.1 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 22.6 pts (36%) Velocity 6.4 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BorgWarner · near

62
Borealis · near

62
Hamamatsu Photonics… · near

62
Rakuten Group · this assignee

62
Shandong University… · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rakuten's Innovation Score is 62.1/100 (top 3% 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Rakuten?

Each dot is one of Rakuten’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Rakuten’s own 13.4 claims/patent is at or below the 16.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Rakuten vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

How Rakuten's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Rakuten Group, Inc. received 332 grants versus 303 in 2015–2019 (+10% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 88 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 39. Lead class G06F accounts for 48.2% of the portfolio across 73 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Krones AG (#629) and Inc Square, Co., Ltd (#637).

Rakuten's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Rakuten Group, Inc. moved from 206 to 199 grants (0.97x 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 #1,277. See the growth leaderboard.

Krones

708
Arista Networks

706
DOW Agrosciences

704
Toppan Printing

704
Rakuten Group ◀

703
Alarm com Incorpo…

702
Osaka University

702
Autodesk

700
Square

699

What this shows Rakuten holds 703 patents at rank #633, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rakuten

By rank, the assignees closest to #633 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Rakuten, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Rakuten ranks #202 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Borealis AG 62 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 62 Shandong University of Technology 62 BorgWarner Inc. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.4 here).

Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd. 13.4 avg Tungaloy Corporation 13.4 avg Hoya Corporation 13.4 avg Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 13.4 avg

Rakuten's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 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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Rakuten Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	39	5.5%
2016	73	10.4%
2017	70	10.0%
2018	48	6.8%
2019	73	10.4%
2020	82	11.7%
2021	51	7.3%
2022	52	7.4%
2023	59	8.4%
2024	88	12.5%
2025partial year	68	9.7%

Which technologies does Rakuten Group, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 339

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 289

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 106

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 96

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 89

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 66

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 59

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 50

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 45

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 41

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 29

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 28

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 23

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 23

H04M - Telephonic Communication 19

Top 15 of 73 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Rakuten Group, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rakuten Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 48.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #633 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rakuten Group, Inc. against Krones AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.1/100 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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