Where does Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd. ranks #14,241 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 Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd. hold?

Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd. holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 40.8 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd. focus on?

Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 21 patents, ranking #729 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -57% 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 Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd.'s patents average 6.8 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 Sakura Finetek Japan Co., 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

Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 13 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sakura ranks #14,241 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 13 technology areas.

#14,241
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.8/100): 6.8
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14241 · Foreign Corporation #14,241 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,241/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Red Spot Paint &…
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., 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 Sakura’s 40.8 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 10.7 pts (26%) Velocity 13.3 pts (33%) Breadth 12.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 4.1 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sakura Finetek Japan · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sakura's Innovation Score is 40.8/100 (top 35% 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 Sakura?

Each dot is one of Sakura’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). Sakura’s own 6.8 claims/patent is at or below the 11.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Sakura's grants concentrate

Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Sakura sits between Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc. and Schott Japan Corporation.

Sakura's three-year grant acceleration

Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Red Spot Paint &…

21
Rieter CZ s r o

21
Rolls-royce Solut…

21
S&B Technical Pro…

21
Sandbox Enterpris…

21
Sayfa R&D PTY

21
Scenera Mobile

21
Schott Japan

21
Sakura Finetek Ja… ◀

21

What this shows Sakura holds 21 patents at rank #14,239, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sakura

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,239 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Sakura's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% 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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Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	9.5%
2016	5	23.8%
2017	1	4.8%
2018	3	14.3%
2019	3	14.3%
2022	3	14.3%
2023	1	4.8%
2024	2	9.5%
2025partial year	1	4.8%

Which technologies does Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 21

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B04B - Centrifuges 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 1

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #14,241 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd. against Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.8/100 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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