Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Toshiba ranks #9,147 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 7 technology areas.
- #9,147
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- 42nd percentile
- by Innovation Score (32.6/100)
- 18.1
- avg claims per patent
- -100%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R9147 · Foreign Corporation #9,147 · 35 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
- UPPER-Q #9,147/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH The New Zealand…
- CPC-NARROW G11B · 7 areas
- INNOV-THIN 32.6/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- VEL-DROP -100% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited (±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 32.6 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Toshiba
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- DynaEnergetics & KG · near 33
DynaEnergetics & KG · near
33 score
- SpineSmith Partners · near 33
SpineSmith Partners · near
33 score
- Tong Lung Metal… · near 33
Tong Lung Metal… · near
33 score
- Toshiba Samsung… · this assignee 33
Toshiba Samsung… · this assignee
33 score
- VCE · near 33
VCE · near
33 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Toshiba's Innovation Score is 32.6/100 (42nd 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 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Toshiba's grants concentrate
Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 88.6% of grants classified under G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (31 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2016. By volume, Toshiba sits between The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited and Universitat DE Valencia.
Who files at Toshiba's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- The New Zealand I…
The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited
35 patents
- The Nisshin Oilli…
The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.
35 patents
- The Pullman
The Pullman Company
35 patents
- The U as represen…
The U.S.A., as represented by The Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
35 patents
- Touchstone Intern…
Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd.
35 patents
- Tridonic Jennersd…
Tridonic Jennersdorf GmbH
35 patents
- Universitaetsklin…
Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg
35 patents
- Universitat DE Va…
Universitat DE Valencia
35 patents
- Toshiba Samsung S… ◀
Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation
35 patents
What this shows Toshiba holds 35 patents at rank #9,146, 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 #9,146 in granted patent volume.
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited #9,142 · 35 patents
- The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd. #9,143 · 35 patents
- The Pullman Company #9,144 · 35 patents
- The U.S.A., as represented by The Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services #9,145 · 35 patents
- Touchstone International Medical Science Co., Ltd. #9,147 · 35 patents
- Tridonic Jennersdorf GmbH #9,148 · 35 patents
- Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg #9,149 · 35 patents
- Universitat DE Valencia #9,150 · 35 patents
Leaders in G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Re…)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Toshiba's primary technology class.
- Seagate Technology LLC 1,922 in class
- International Business Machines Corporation 1,279 in class
- Western Digital Technologies, Inc. 1,271 in class
- Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 850 in class
- Sony Group Corporation 728 in class
- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation 487 in class
- Fujifilm Corporation 481 in class
- Hgst Netherlands, B.V. 373 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Toshiba, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Re…), Toshiba ranks #64 of 933 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).
Toshiba's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 31 | 88.6% |
| 2016 | 4 | 11.4% |
Which technologies does Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation patent most?
Top 7 of 7 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation's lead technology class is G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer), 88.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G11B
- Ranked #9,147 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation against The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 32.6/100 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.
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