Where does Ricoh Industrial Solutions Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ricoh Industrial Solutions Inc. ranks #42,677 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 Industrial Solutions Inc. hold?

Ricoh Industrial Solutions Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Ricoh Industrial Solutions Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ricoh Industrial Solutions Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.3 out of 100 (top 36% 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 Industrial Solutions Inc. focus on?

Ricoh Industrial Solutions Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 5 patents, ranking #1,733 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ricoh Industrial Solutions Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ricoh Industrial Solutions Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ricoh Industrial Solutions Inc.'s patents?

Ricoh Industrial Solutions Inc.'s patents average 9.5 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 Industrial Solutions 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

Ricoh Industrial Solutions Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ricoh ranks #42,677 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#42,677
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.3/100): 9.5
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42677 · Foreign Corporation #42,677 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,677/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH RF Optix
CPC-NARROW G02B · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: RF Optix Co., Ltd. (±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 40.3 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 6.7 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (50%) Breadth 7.9 pts (20%) Claim depth 5.7 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Ricoh Industrial… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Ricoh's Innovation Score is 40.3/100 (top 36% 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 9.5 claims/patent is at or below the 14.2 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 Industrial Solutions Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Ricoh sits between RF Optix Co., Ltd. and Rime Downhole Technologies, LLC.

Ricoh's three-year grant acceleration

Ricoh Industrial Solutions Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

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What this shows Ricoh holds 6 patents at rank #42,580, 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 #42,580 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Ricoh's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ricoh Industrial Solutions Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2023	2	33.3%
2024	2	33.3%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Ricoh Industrial Solutions Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

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 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

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 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 5 of 5 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 Industrial Solutions Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ricoh Industrial Solutions Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #42,677 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ricoh Industrial Solutions Inc. against RF Optix Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.3/100 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

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.