Where does Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. ranks #2,169 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 Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. hold?

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. holds 182 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 51 technology areas.

What is Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 64.0 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +51% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.'s patents?

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.'s patents average 16.9 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.

How is the Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. focus on?

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 105 patents. Grants appear in 51 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 182 granted patents across 51 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Toshiba ranks #2,169 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 182 patents across 51 technology areas.

#2,169
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.0/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: +51%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2169 · US Corporation #2,169 · 182 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 182 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,169/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Konica Minolta…
CPC-WIDE G06Q · 51 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +51% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, 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
InvenSense · near

64
Seoul National… · near

64
Suzhou Opple Lighting · near

64
SZ DJI Technology · near

64
Toshiba Global… · this assignee

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Toshiba's Innovation Score is 64.0/100 (top 2% 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 Toshiba's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. received 98 grants versus 65 in 2015–2019 (+51% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 27 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 9. Lead class G06Q accounts for 57.7% of the portfolio across 51 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. (#2,166) and Mentor Acquisition One, LLC (#2,174).

Toshiba's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. moved from 42 to 68 grants (1.62x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #366. See the growth leaderboard.

Konica Minolta Bu…

182
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182
Pall

182
TPK Touch Solutio…

182
Zhejiang Geely Ho…

182
Toshiba Global Co… ◀

182
Devicor Medical P…

181
Enphase Energy

181
Mentor Acquisitio…

181

What this shows Toshiba holds 182 patents at rank #2,170, 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 #2,170 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Seoul National University R&DB Foundation 64 Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd. 64 SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. 64 InvenSense, Inc. 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.9 here).

Electronics FOR Imaging, Inc. 16.9 avg Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. 16.9 avg IGT Global Soulutions Corporation 16.9 avg AFL Telecommunications LLC 16.9 avg

Toshiba's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

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 Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	8.8%
2016	9	4.9%
2017	11	6.0%
2018	17	9.3%
2019	12	6.6%
2020	11	6.0%
2021	19	10.4%
2022	19	10.4%
2023	22	12.1%
2024	27	14.8%
2025partial year	19	10.4%

Which technologies does Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. patent most?

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 105

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 70

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 66

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 40

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 21

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 21

G01G - Weighing 20

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 19

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 15

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 15

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 15

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 13

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 7

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 5

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 4

Top 15 of 51 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,169

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

64.0 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

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 57.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #2,169 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. against Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.0/100 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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