Where does The Ritsumeikan Trust rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Ritsumeikan Trust ranks #7,785 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 The Ritsumeikan Trust hold?

The Ritsumeikan Trust holds 42 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 59 technology areas.

What is The Ritsumeikan Trust's Innovation Score?

The Ritsumeikan Trust has an Innovation Score of 48.6 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does The Ritsumeikan Trust focus on?

The Ritsumeikan Trust's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 7 patents, ranking #1,686 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 59 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Ritsumeikan Trust's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Ritsumeikan Trust's recent grant velocity is -15% 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 The Ritsumeikan Trust's patents?

The Ritsumeikan Trust's patents average 10.3 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 The Ritsumeikan Trust 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

The Ritsumeikan Trust

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 42 granted patents across 59 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #7,785 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 42 patents across 59 technology areas.

#7,785
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.6/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: -15%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7785 · Foreign Corporation #7,785 · 42 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 42 grants
UPPER-Q #7,785/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Methodist Hospital
CPC-WIDE H04N · 59 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -15% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Methodist Hospital (±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 The’s 48.6 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 13.0 pts (27%) Velocity 4.4 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (51%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Contitech Transportb… · near

49
GE Healthcare · near

49
Intematix · near

49
LG CNS · near

49
The Ritsumeikan Trust · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 48.6/100 (top 16% 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 10.3 claims/patent is at or below the 14.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How The's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, The Ritsumeikan Trust received 17 grants versus 20 in 2015–2019 (-15% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 8 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 2. Lead class H04N accounts for 16.7% of the portfolio across 59 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Tovis Co., Ltd. (#7,783) and USAI (#7,791).

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Ritsumeikan Trust shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Tovis

42
Trinity Rail Group

42
Tudor Watch U

42
The Methodist Hos…

42
Thin Film ASA

42
Throughputer

42
Universitat DE Ba…

42
USAI

42
The Ritsumeikan T… ◀

42

What this shows The holds 42 patents at rank #7,787, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,787 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), The ranks #1,686 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH 49 Intematix Corporation 49 LG CNS Co., Ltd. 49 GE Healthcare Limited 49

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% 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.

View data table

The Ritsumeikan Trust patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	4.8%
2016	4	9.5%
2017	3	7.1%
2018	3	7.1%
2019	8	19.0%
2020	4	9.5%
2021	3	7.1%
2022	3	7.1%
2023	3	7.1%
2024	4	9.5%
2025partial year	5	11.9%

Which technologies does The Ritsumeikan Trust patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 5

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 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 4

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 2

Top 15 of 59 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

The Ritsumeikan Trust's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Ritsumeikan Trust's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 16.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #7,785 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Ritsumeikan Trust against Tovis Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.6/100 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.