USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Roland Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 241 granted patents across 36 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G10H (ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE).

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

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241

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

12.1

Avg claims per patent

+121%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Roland holds 241 US patents across 36 technology areas, rank #1,703 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#1,703
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.2/100): 12.1
avg claims per patent: +121%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Roland Corporation has been granted 241 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Roland Corporation at rank #1,703 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 36 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 12.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in G10H (ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE). As a Foreign Corporation, Roland Corporation is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Roland sits between Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (242 patents, rank #1,699) and DANA Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, Llc (240 patents, rank #1,707) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 61.2/100 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 166 grants, compared with 75 in the 2015–2019 window, a +121% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. 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. Roland Corporation's 12.1 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 36 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Roland Corporation against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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What this shows Roland holds 241 patents at rank #1,703, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Roland

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,703 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G10H (Electrophonic Musical Instruments)

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

Roland's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Roland Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	29	12.0%
2016	12	5.0%
2017	14	5.8%
2018	6	2.5%
2019	14	5.8%
2020	14	5.8%
2021	22	9.1%
2022	20	8.3%
2023	46	19.1%
2024	37	15.4%
2025	27	11.2%

Which technologies does Roland Corporation patent most?

G10H - ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE 128

G10D - STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 37

H04R - LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS 18

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 12

G10C - PIANOS, HARPSICHORDS, SPINETS OR SIMILAR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH ONE OR MORE KEYBOARDS 11

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 9

H04S - STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS 8

H03F - AMPLIFIERS 7

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 7

G10G - REPRESENTATION OF MUSIC; RECORDING MUSIC IN NOTATION FORM; ACCESSORIES FOR MUSIC OR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. SUPPORTS 6

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 5

G10K - SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 5

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 3

G11B - INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER 3

H03G - CONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION 3

Top 15 of 36 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,703

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.2 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 Roland Corporation hold?

Roland Corporation holds 241 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is Roland Corporation's Innovation Score?

Roland Corporation has an Innovation Score of 61.2 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Roland Corporation focus on?

Roland Corporation's top technology area is G10H (ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE) with 128 patents. The company has filed patents in 36 CPC subclasses total.

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

Roland Corporation's recent filing velocity is +121% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

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

Roland Corporation's patents average 12.1 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Roland 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

Roland's 241 grants land it in the top 3% 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 - Roland ranks #1,703 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in G10H - see who else leads that technology area. G10H 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.