Where does Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. ranks #4,099 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 Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. hold?

Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. holds 88 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 38.6 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. focus on?

Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 43 patents, ranking #417 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -96% 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 Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.'s patents?

Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.'s patents average 13.5 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 Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. 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

Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 88 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ricoh ranks #4,099 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 88 patents across 18 technology areas.

#4,099
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.6/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: -96%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4099 · Foreign Corporation #4,099 · 88 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 88 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,099/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NetScout Systems
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -96% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NetScout Systems, 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.

How Ricoh’s 38.6 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 15.5 pts (40%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cathworks · near

39
Dinkle Electric… · near

39
Indyme Solutions · near

39
Ricoh Imaging · this assignee

39
Thermo Scientific… · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ricoh's Innovation Score is 38.6/100 (top 40% 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 Ricoh?

Each dot is one of Ricoh’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). Ricoh’s own 13.5 claims/patent is at or below the 18.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ricoh's grants concentrate

Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 48.9% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (25 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Ricoh sits between NetScout Systems, Inc. and WIN Semiconductors Corp..

Netscout Systems

88
O2micro

88
Purecircle Sdn Bhd

88
Qatar Foundation…

88
Sunovion Pharmace…

88
Tactotek OY

88
Toray Plastics (A…

88
WIN Semiconductors

88
Ricoh Imaging ◀

88

What this shows Ricoh holds 88 patents at rank #4,099, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ricoh

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,099 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ricoh, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Ricoh ranks #417 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Dinkle Electric Machinery (CHINA) Co., Ltd. 39 Cathworks Ltd. 39 Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. 39 Indyme Solutions, LLC 39

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.5 here).

Thyssenkrupp Presta Teccenter AG 13.5 avg Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC 13.5 avg Himax Display, Inc. 13.5 avg PetroChina Company Limited 13.5 avg

Ricoh's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	18	20.5%
2016	18	20.5%
2017	25	28.4%
2018	11	12.5%
2019	13	14.8%
2020	2	2.3%
2021	1	1.1%

Which technologies does Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 43

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 43

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 40

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

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 2

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

H04B - Transmission 1

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 48.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #4,099 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. against NetScout Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.6/100 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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