USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 109 granted patents across 38 technology areas, active 2018–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

109

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

10.8

Avg claims per patent

+481%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Toshiba holds 109 US patents across 38 technology areas, rank #3,416 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#3,416
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (52.9/100): 10.8
avg claims per patent: +481%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation has been granted 109 US utility patents between 2018 and 2025, placing Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation at rank #3,416 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 38 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 10.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING). As a Foreign Corporation, Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Toshiba sits between Salk Institute For Biological Studies (109 patents, rank #3,412) and ABB Oy (108 patents, rank #3,420) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 52.9/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 93 grants, compared with 16 in the 2015–2019 window, a +481% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation's 10.8 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while a multi-domain presence across 38 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Salk Institute fo…

109
Storedot

109
TEL Hashomer Medi…

109
The Stanley Works…

109
Toshiba Kikai

109
Unilin BV

109
VIXS Systems

109
Toshiba Digital S… ◀

109
ABB Oy

108

What this shows Toshiba holds 109 patents at rank #3,416, 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 #3,416 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital DATA Processing)

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, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 50,000 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	0.9%
2019	15	13.8%
2020	7	6.4%
2021	20	18.3%
2022	24	22.0%
2023	12	11.0%
2024	17	15.6%
2025	13	11.9%

Which technologies does Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation patent most?

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 75

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 28

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 26

G06Q - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 19

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 17

G10L - SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING 16

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 16

G05B - CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS 8

Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS 7

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 5

G08B - SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS 3

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 3

G08G - TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS 3

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 2

G09B - EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS 2

Top 15 of 38 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Simple

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,416

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

52.9 out of 100

View all rankings →

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation hold?

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation holds 109 US granted patents filed between 2018 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation's Innovation Score?

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation has an Innovation Score of 52.9 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation focus on?

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation's top technology area is G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING) with 75 patents. The company has filed patents in 38 CPC subclasses total.

Is Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation's recent filing velocity is +481% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

What does claim depth mean for Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation's patents?

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation's patents average 10.8 claims each. This is relatively simple claim structure, typical for focused inventions.

How is the Toshiba Digital Solutions 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.

How to use this portfolio

Toshiba's 109 grants land it in the top 9% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Toshiba ranks #3,416 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in G06F - see who else leads that technology area. G06F leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.