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Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,454 granted patents across 91 technology areas, active 2018–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G11B (INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER).

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1,454
Total patents granted
91
CPC technology areas
13.3
Avg claims per patent
+1185%
5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Toshiba holds 1,454 US patents across 91 technology areas, rank #294 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#294
of 50,000 US assignees by volume
Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.7/100)
13.3
avg claims per patent
+1185%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation has been granted 1,454 US utility patents between 2018 and 2025, placing Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation at rank #294 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 91 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 13.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in G11B (INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER). As a Foreign Corporation, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Toshiba sits between Lockheed Martin Corporation (1,464 patents, rank #290) and Jtekt Corporation (1,431 patents, rank #298) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 66.7/100 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 1,349 grants, compared with 105 in the 2015–2019 window, a +1185% 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 Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation's 13.3 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 91 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Who files at Toshiba's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Toshiba holds 1,454 patents at rank #294, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Toshiba

By rank, the assignees closest to #294 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Re…)

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)

67 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 US assignees

0–10: 687 US assignees (1%). Below this entry. 10–20: 2,527 US assignees (5%). Below this entry. 20–30: 13,162 US assignees (26%). Below this entry. 30–40: 15,294 US assignees (31%). Below this entry. 40–50: 11,491 US assignees (23%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,058 US assignees (10%). Below this entry. 60–70: 1,537 US assignees (3%). This entry sits in this band. 70–80: 234 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 80–90: 10 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 90–100: 0 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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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.

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Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2018 10 0.7%
2019 95 6.5%
2020 233 16.0%
2021 224 15.4%
2022 268 18.4%
2023 228 15.7%
2024 210 14.4%
2025 186 12.8%

Which technologies does Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation patent most?

Top 15 of 91 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Strong
Tech Breadth Multi-domain
Claim Depth Standard
Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#294

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

66.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation hold?
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation holds 1,454 US granted patents filed between 2018 and 2025, spanning 91 technology areas.
What is Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation's Innovation Score?
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation has an Innovation Score of 66.7 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 Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation focus on?
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation's top technology area is G11B (INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER) with 487 patents. The company has filed patents in 91 CPC subclasses total.
Is Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation's recent filing velocity is +1185% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.
What does claim depth mean for Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation's patents?
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation's patents average 13.3 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.
How is the Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage 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 1,454 grants land it in the top 1% 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 #294 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
  • Most of this portfolio concentrates in G11B - see who else leads that technology area. G11B 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

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.