Where does Tokiwa Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tokiwa Corporation ranks #4,849 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 Tokiwa Corporation hold?

Tokiwa Corporation holds 72 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Tokiwa Corporation's Innovation Score?

Tokiwa Corporation has an Innovation Score of 37.0 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Tokiwa Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tokiwa Corporation's recent grant velocity is -49% 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 Tokiwa Corporation's patents?

Tokiwa Corporation's patents average 7.4 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 Tokiwa 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

Tokiwa Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Tokiwa Corporation focus on?

Tokiwa Corporation's top technology area is A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring) with 47 patents, ranking #12 of 429 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 72 granted patents across 11 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: A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tokiwa ranks #4,849 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 72 patents across 11 technology areas.

#4,849
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (37.0/100): 7.4
avg claims per patent: -49%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4849 · Foreign Corporation #4,849 · 72 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 72 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,849/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sococo
CPC-FOCUS A45D · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -49% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sococo, LLC (±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 Tokiwa’s 37.0 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 14.8 pts (40%) Velocity 6.0 pts (16%) Breadth 11.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 4.5 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ADAP TV · near

37
Henny Penny · near

37
MRI Interventions · near

37
Richemont Internatio… · near

37
Tokiwa · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tokiwa's Innovation Score is 37.0/100 (top 45% 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 Tokiwa?

Each dot is one of Tokiwa’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). Tokiwa’s own 7.4 claims/patent is at or below the 14.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Tokiwa's grants concentrate

Tokiwa Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 65.3% of grants classified under A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (14 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2022. By volume, Tokiwa sits between Sococo, LLC and Vehicle Energy Japan Inc..

Tokiwa's three-year grant acceleration

Tokiwa Corporation shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

Sococo

72
Texas Instruments…

72
THE University OF…

72
Tianjin Wanda Tyre

72
University OF Cop…

72
Unity IPR Aps

72
Valent Biosciences

72
Vehicle Energy Ja…

72
Tokiwa ◀

72

What this shows Tokiwa holds 72 patents at rank #4,848, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tokiwa

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,848 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tokiwa, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment), Tokiwa ranks #12 of 429 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

ADAP.TV, Inc. 37 Henny Penny Corporation 37 Richemont International SA 37 MRI Interventions, Inc. 37

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.4 here).

Hyundai Steel Company 7.4 avg Iriso Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.4 avg LS Mtron Ltd. 7.4 avg American Greetings Corporation 7.5 avg

Tokiwa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% 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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Tokiwa Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	6.9%
2016	14	19.4%
2017	6	8.3%
2018	7	9.7%
2019	13	18.1%
2020	6	8.3%
2022	4	5.6%
2023	5	6.9%
2024	8	11.1%
2025partial year	4	5.6%

Which technologies does Tokiwa Corporation patent most?

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 47

B43K - Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing 12

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 6

A46B - Brushes 6

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

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 1

Top 11 of 11 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

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

Tokiwa Corporation's lead technology class is A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring), 65.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A45D
Ranked #4,849 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tokiwa Corporation against Sococo, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.0/100 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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