Where does Teijin Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Teijin Limited ranks #1,492 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 Teijin Limited hold?

Teijin Limited holds 279 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 104 technology areas.

What is Teijin Limited's Innovation Score?

Teijin Limited has an Innovation Score of 57.1 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Teijin Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Teijin Limited's recent grant velocity is -16% 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 Teijin Limited's patents?

Teijin Limited's patents average 11.8 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 Teijin Limited 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

Teijin Limited

Q: What technology areas does Teijin Limited focus on?

Teijin Limited's top technology area is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing) with 73 patents. Grants appear in 104 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 279 granted patents across 104 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: B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Teijin ranks #1,492 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 279 patents across 104 technology areas.

#1,492
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.1/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: -16%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1492 · Foreign Corporation #1,492 · 279 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 279 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,492/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bridgestone Sports
CPC-WIDE B29C · 104 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -16% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
EchoStar L L C · near

57
Marelli Europe S P A · near

57
Sensirion · near

57
Teijin · this assignee

57
University of Manitoba · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Teijin's Innovation Score is 57.1/100 (top 5% 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.

How Teijin's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Teijin Limited received 119 grants versus 141 in 2015–2019 (-16% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 33 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 19. Lead class B29C accounts for 26.2% of the portfolio across 104 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd. (#1,488) and Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. (#1,496).

Teijin's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Teijin Limited moved from 83 to 69 grants (0.83x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,713. See the growth leaderboard.

Bridgestone Sports

279
Fireeye

279
Geotab

279
Rensselaer Polyte…

279
Teijin ◀

279
Amkor Technology…

278
Carestream Health

278
Dassault Systemes

278
Infineon Americas

278

What this shows Teijin holds 279 patents at rank #1,492, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Teijin

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,492 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Teijin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. 57 University of Manitoba 57 Sensirion AG 57 Marelli Europe S.P.A. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.8 here).

National Central University 11.8 avg Maxell, Ltd. 11.8 avg Johnstech International Corporation 11.8 avg Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC 11.8 avg

Teijin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Teijin Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	19	6.8%
2016	25	9.0%
2017	33	11.8%
2018	31	11.1%
2019	33	11.8%
2020	21	7.5%
2021	29	10.4%
2022	27	9.7%
2023	23	8.2%
2024	19	6.8%
2025partial year	19	6.8%

Which technologies does Teijin Limited patent most?

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 73

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 70

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 56

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 53

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 53

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 52

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 51

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 45

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 40

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 38

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 26

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 20

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 16

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 14

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 14

Top 15 of 104 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,492

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Teijin Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Teijin Limited's lead technology class is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing), 26.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #1,492 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Teijin Limited against Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.1/100 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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