Where does Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd. ranks #19,135 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 Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd. hold?

Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 50.5 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd. focus on?

Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H10H (Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers) with 9 patents, ranking #224 of 857 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.'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 Sharp Fukuyama Laser 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

Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: H10H (Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sharp ranks #19,135 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 13 technology areas.

#19,135
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.5/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19135 · Foreign Corporation #19,135 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,135/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sequitur Labs
CPC-FOCUS H10H · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sequitur Labs, 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 Sharp’s 50.5 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 9.6 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 12.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Sharp's Innovation Score is 50.5/100 (top 13% 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 Sharp?

Each dot is one of Sharp’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). Sharp’s own 13.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sharp's grants concentrate

Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under H10H (Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Sharp sits between Sequitur Labs, Inc. and Shenzhen Lescolton Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd..

Sharp's three-year grant acceleration

Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd. shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Sequitur Labs

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15
Shanghai Institut…

15
Shanghai Syncores

15
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15
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15
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15

What this shows Sharp holds 15 patents at rank #19,160, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sharp

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,160 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10H (Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Pot…)

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

Sharp's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	6.7%
2022	5	33.3%
2023	2	13.3%
2024	5	33.3%
2025partial year	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd. patent most?

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 9

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 9

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 1

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 1

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 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

Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H10H (Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10H
Ranked #19,135 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd. against Sequitur Labs, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.5/100 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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