Overall rank by patents
#9,146
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A61K (PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Tokushima ranks #9,146 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 28 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R9146 · Foreign Corporation #9,146 · 35 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Spiration, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Croda · near
41 score
JCM American · near
41 score
NOOK Digital · near
41 score
Profil Verbindungste… · near
41 score
Tokushima University · this assignee
41 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Tokushima University stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-FLAT, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #9,146 of 50,000; Innovation Score 41.0/100 sits in the top 34% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Spiration, Inc. (±0 grants).
Tokushima University has been granted 35 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing Tokushima University at #9,146 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 28 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 11.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61K (PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES). As a Foreign Corporation, Tokushima University is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Tokushima sits between Spiration, Inc. (35 patents, rank #9,131) and Technical University Of Denmark (35 patents, rank #9,139) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 41.0/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 17 grants, compared with 16 in the 2015–2019 window, a +6% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Tokushima University's 11.3 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 28 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Spiration, Inc.
35 patents
Symetis SA
35 patents
THE FOUNTAINHEAD GROUP, INC.
35 patents
THE STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (ARO) (VOLCANI CENTER)
35 patents
TYCO ELECTRONICS SUBSEA COMMUNICATIONS LLC
35 patents
Tarng Yu Enterprise co., ltd.
35 patents
Tearscience, Inc.
35 patents
Technical University of Denmark
35 patents
TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY
35 patents
What this shows Tokushima holds 35 patents at rank #9,135, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #9,135 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Tokushima's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tokushima, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).
Tokushima's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 14.3% |
| 2017 | 3 | 8.6% |
| 2019 | 8 | 22.9% |
| 2020 | 4 | 11.4% |
| 2021 | 5 | 14.3% |
| 2022 | 2 | 5.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 2.9% |
| 2024 | 5 | 14.3% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 5.7% |
Top 15 of 28 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#9,146
of 50,000 tracked assignees
41.0 out of 100
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