Where does Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd. ranks #43,476 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 Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd. hold?

Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 22.2 out of 100 (10th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd. focus on?

Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd.'s top technology area is B27D (Working Veneer OR Plywood) with 5 patents, ranking #7 of 33 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd.'s patents?

Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd.'s patents average 4.7 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 Taihei Machinery Works, 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

Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: B27D (Working Veneer OR Plywood).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Taihei ranks #43,476 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 7 technology areas.

#43,476
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.2/100): 4.7
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43476 · Foreign Corporation #43,476 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,476/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH T2M
CPC-NARROW B27D · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: T2M, 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 Taihei’s 22.2 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 6.7 pts (30%) Velocity 3.3 pts (15%) Breadth 9.4 pts (42%) Claim depth 2.8 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Taihei Machinery Works · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Taihei's Innovation Score is 22.2/100 (10th percentile 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 Taihei?

Each dot is one of Taihei’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). Taihei’s own 4.7 claims/patent is at or below the 9.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Taihei's grants concentrate

Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under B27D (Working Veneer OR Plywood). By volume, Taihei sits between T.M.C. S.P.A. and Taiwan Hopax Chems. MFG. Co., Ltd..

Taihei's three-year grant acceleration

Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd. shows 1 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.

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T2M

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Taihao Medical

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Tair Jiuh Enterpr…

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Taisei Kogyo

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Taishan Zhongshan…

6
Taiwan Hopax Chem…

6
Taihei Machinery… ◀

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What this shows Taihei holds 6 patents at rank #43,446, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Taihei

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,446 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B27D (Working Veneer OR Plywood)

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

Taihei's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2017	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd. patent most?

B27D - Working Veneer OR Plywood 5

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 4

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

B30B - Presses IN General 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

B27M - Working OF Wood NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses B27b - B27L; Manufacture OF Specific Wooden Articles 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd.'s lead technology class is B27D (Working Veneer OR Plywood), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B27D
Ranked #43,476 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd. against T.M.C. S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.2/100 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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