Where does Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation ranks #33,650 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation's Innovation Score?

Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation has an Innovation Score of 24.7 out of 100 (15th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation focus on?

Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 5 patents, ranking #2,173 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation's patents?

Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation's patents average 12.9 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation

Q: How many patents does Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation hold?

Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 7 technology areas.

Q: How is the Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology 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 PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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, Toshiba ranks #33,650 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 7 technology areas.

#33,650
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.7/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33650 · Foreign Corporation #33,650 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,650/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tokyo Metropolitan…
CPC-NARROW H04N · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tokyo Metropolitan Public University Corporation (±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 Toshiba’s 24.7 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 7.6 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (38%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Toshiba Alpine… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Toshiba's Innovation Score is 24.7/100 (15th percentile 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 Toshiba?

Each dot is one of Toshiba’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). Toshiba’s own 12.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Toshiba's grants concentrate

Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Toshiba sits between Tokyo Metropolitan Public University Corporation and Tree SAP Farms LLC.

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What this shows Toshiba holds 8 patents at rank #33,565, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Toshiba

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,565 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Toshiba's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	25.0%
2016	2	25.0%
2017	3	37.5%
2018	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #33,650 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Toshiba Alpine Automotive Technology Corporation against Tokyo Metropolitan Public University Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.7/100 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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