USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 594 granted patents across 64 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: H01M (PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY).

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

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594

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

9.3

Avg claims per patent

+7%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Sanyo holds 594 US patents across 64 technology areas, rank #772 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#772
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.9/100): 9.3
avg claims per patent: +7%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. has been granted 594 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. at rank #772 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 64 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 9.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in H01M (PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY). As a Foreign Corporation, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Sanyo sits between Donaldson Company, Inc. (597 patents, rank #768) and Baxter Healthcare Sa (590 patents, rank #776) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 58.9/100 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 307 grants, compared with 287 in the 2015–2019 window, a +7% shift in five-year velocity. Steady filing volume suggests sustained innovation without dramatic pivots. 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. Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.'s 9.3 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while a multi-domain presence across 64 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Donaldson

597
Panasonic Liquid…

597
Hunter Fan

594
Red Hat Israel

594
Schott

594
Washington Univer…

594
Sanyo Electric ◀

594
OPEN TEXT

591
Baxter Healthcare

590

What this shows Sanyo holds 594 patents at rank #772, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sanyo

By rank, the assignees closest to #772 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01M (Processes OR Means)

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

Sanyo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	63	10.6%
2016	43	7.2%
2017	57	9.6%
2018	51	8.6%
2019	73	12.3%
2020	44	7.4%
2021	61	10.3%
2022	75	12.6%
2023	36	6.1%
2024	55	9.3%
2025	36	6.1%

Which technologies does Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. patent most?

H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY 534

Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION 533

Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS 226

Y02T - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION 123

B60L - PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES ; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES ; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL ; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICL 83

H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY 68

G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES 41

B60K - ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY 22

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 20

B60R - VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 14

H02H - EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS 14

C01G - COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F 12

C01P - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS 11

H10F - INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION 10

H01G - CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE 10

Top 15 of 64 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Simple

Velocity Growing

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#772

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

58.9 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 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. hold?

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. holds 594 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 64 technology areas.

What is Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 58.9 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. focus on?

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H01M (PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY) with 534 patents. The company has filed patents in 64 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.'s patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.'s recent filing velocity is +7% compared to the prior five-year period. The company is maintaining or growing its patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.'s patents average 9.3 claims each. This is relatively simple claim structure, typical for focused inventions.

How is the Sanyo Electric 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.

How to use this portfolio

Sanyo's 594 grants land it in the top 4% 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 - Sanyo ranks #772 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in H01M - see who else leads that technology area. H01M 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.