Where does Seiko Group Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Seiko Group Corporation ranks #17,166 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 Seiko Group Corporation hold?

Seiko Group Corporation holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Seiko Group Corporation's Innovation Score?

Seiko Group Corporation has an Innovation Score of 54.8 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Seiko Group Corporation focus on?

Seiko Group Corporation's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 6 patents, ranking #2,680 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Seiko Group Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Seiko Group Corporation's recent grant velocity is +83% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Seiko Group Corporation's patents?

Seiko Group Corporation's patents average 13.7 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 Seiko Group 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Seiko Group Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Seiko ranks #17,166 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 22 technology areas.

#17,166
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (54.8/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: +83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17166 · Foreign Corporation #17,166 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,166/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Schwan-stabilo…
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Schwan-stabilo Cosmetic GMBH & Co. KG (±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 Seiko’s 54.8 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 10.0 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (36%) Breadth 16.6 pts (30%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Seiko Group · this assignee

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Seiko's Innovation Score is 54.8/100 (top 7% 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 Seiko?

Each dot is one of Seiko’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). Seiko’s own 13.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Seiko's grants concentrate

Seiko Group Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 35.3% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Seiko sits between Schwan-stabilo Cosmetic GMBH & Co. KG and Shanghai Lianshang Network Technology Co., Ltd..

Seiko's three-year grant acceleration

Seiko Group Corporation shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Schwan-stabilo Co…

17
Scopearound

17
Scripps Health

17
Seeing Machines

17
SFT Laboratory

17
Shanghai Chule (C…

17
Shanghai Hugong E…

17
Shanghai Lianshan…

17
Seiko Group ◀

17

What this shows Seiko holds 17 patents at rank #17,155, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Seiko

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,155 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Seiko's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Seiko Group Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2016	2	11.8%
2018	1	5.9%
2019	2	11.8%
2022	3	17.6%
2023	4	23.5%
2024	4	23.5%

Which technologies does Seiko Group Corporation patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 6

H04Q - Selecting 4

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 4

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

H04B - Transmission 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 1

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Seiko Group Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Seiko Group Corporation's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 35.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #17,166 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Seiko Group Corporation against Schwan-stabilo Cosmetic GMBH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.8/100 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

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.