Where does Tokyo University of Science Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tokyo University of Science Foundation ranks #3,757 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 Tokyo University of Science Foundation hold?

Tokyo University of Science Foundation holds 97 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 84 technology areas.

What is Tokyo University of Science Foundation's Innovation Score?

Tokyo University of Science Foundation has an Innovation Score of 51.5 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Tokyo University of Science Foundation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tokyo University of Science Foundation's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Tokyo University of Science Foundation's patents?

Tokyo University of Science Foundation's patents average 9.8 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 Tokyo University of Science Foundation 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

Tokyo University of Science Foundation

Q: What technology areas does Tokyo University of Science Foundation focus on?

Tokyo University of Science Foundation's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 17 patents. Grants appear in 84 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 97 granted patents across 84 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tokyo ranks #3,757 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 97 patents across 84 technology areas.

#3,757
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.5/100): 9.8
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3757 · Foreign Corporation #3,757 · 97 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 97 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,757/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH iboss
CPC-WIDE Y02E · 84 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: iboss, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Agrigenics · near

51
Fujitsu Optical… · near

51
Nuvolo · near

51
Spirent Communications · near

51
Tokyo University of… · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tokyo's Innovation Score is 51.5/100 (top 11% 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 Tokyo's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Tokyo University of Science Foundation received 60 grants versus 30 in 2015–2019 (+100% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 16 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 4. Lead class Y02E accounts for 17.5% of the portfolio across 84 subclasses. Volume neighbours: TBL Licensing LLC (#3,754) and Apollo Intelligent Connectivity (BEIJING) Technology Co., Ltd. (#3,762).

Tokyo's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Tokyo University of Science Foundation moved from 42 to 30 grants (0.71x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

TBL Licensing

97
Toyoda Iron Works

97
TRW

97
Taoglas Group Hol…

97
Universite Paul S…

97
UPI Semiconductor

97
iboss

97
Tokyo University… ◀

97
Apollo Intelligen…

96

What this shows Tokyo holds 97 patents at rank #3,758, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tokyo

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,758 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Spirent Communications, Inc. 51 Fujitsu Optical Components Limited 51 Agrigenics Inc. 51 Nuvolo Technologies Corporation 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.8 here).

Silgan White Cap LLC 9.8 avg Dong-eui University Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation 9.8 avg Envision Aesc Japan Ltd. 9.8 avg Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc. 9.8 avg

Tokyo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Tokyo University of Science Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	8	8.2%
2017	6	6.2%
2018	4	4.1%
2019	12	12.4%
2020	16	16.5%
2021	14	14.4%
2022	8	8.2%
2023	8	8.2%
2024	14	14.4%
2025partial year	7	7.2%

Which technologies does Tokyo University of Science Foundation patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 17

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 15

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 15

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 15

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 13

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 12

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 10

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 9

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 9

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 9

C07K - Peptides 9

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 9

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 8

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 8

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 8

Top 15 of 84 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,757

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.5 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

Tokyo University of Science Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tokyo University of Science Foundation's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 17.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #3,757 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tokyo University of Science Foundation against TBL Licensing LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.5/100 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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