Where does Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha ranks #509 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 Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha hold?

Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha holds 885 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 160 technology areas.

What is Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha's Innovation Score?

Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha has an Innovation Score of 56.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha's recent grant velocity is -31% 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 Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha's patents?

Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha's patents average 8.1 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 Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha 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 Foreign Corporation

Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha

Q: What technology areas does Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha focus on?

Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha's top technology area is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 522 patents, ranking #3 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 160 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 885 granted patents across 160 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: B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Toyota ranks #509 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 885 patents across 160 technology areas.

#509
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.0/100): 8.1
avg claims per patent: -31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R509 · Foreign Corporation #509 · 885 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 885 grants
TOP-DECILE #509/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Weatherford…
CPC-WIDE B60N · 160 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC (±1 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 Toyota’s 56.0 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 23.4 pts (42%) Velocity 2.7 pts (5%) Breadth 25.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 4.8 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Interface Optoelectr… · near

56
Kitz · near

56
Toyota Boshoku · this assignee

56
Yura · near

56
Mitsumi Electric · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Toyota's Innovation Score is 56.0/100 (top 6% 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 Toyota?

Each dot is one of Toyota’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). Toyota’s own 8.1 claims/patent is at or below the 12.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Toyota's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha received 346 grants versus 503 in 2015–2019 (-31% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 159 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 46. Lead class B60N accounts for 59% of the portfolio across 160 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Stmicroelectronics, Inc. (#505) and Harry Winston SA (#513).

Toyota's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha moved from 358 to 147 grants (0.41x 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 #2,862. See the growth leaderboard.

Stmicroelectronics

888
Zhejiang Universi…

888
Societe des Produ…

887
Weatherford Techn…

886
Toyota Boshoku ◀

885
Furukawa Electric

883
E I DU Pont DE Ne…

882
Charter Communica…

878
Harry Winston

876

What this shows Toyota holds 885 patents at rank #509, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Toyota

By rank, the assignees closest to #509 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Toyota, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles), Toyota ranks #3 of 645 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Interface Optoelectronics (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd. 56 Yura Co., Ltd. 56 Kitz Corporation 56 Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.1 here).

Mercedes-Benz Group AG 8.1 avg JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation 8.1 avg Xi'an Jiaotong University 8.1 avg Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy, Ltd. 8.1 avg

Toyota's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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.

View data table

Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	75	8.5%
2016	82	9.3%
2017	97	11.0%
2018	90	10.2%
2019	159	18.0%
2020	114	12.9%
2021	85	9.6%
2022	51	5.8%
2023	50	5.6%
2024	46	5.2%
2025partial year	36	4.1%

Which technologies does Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha patent most?

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 522

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 149

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 54

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 49

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 48

B01D - Separation 47

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 44

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 39

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 37

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 34

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 34

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 33

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 28

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 27

F16H - Gearing 23

Top 15 of 160 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

Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha's lead technology class is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 59% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60N
Ranked #509 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha against Stmicroelectronics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.0/100 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

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