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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha ranks #12 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 Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha hold?

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha holds 21,526 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 419 technology areas.

What is Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha's Innovation Score?

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha has an Innovation Score of 70.6 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha focus on?

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha's top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 5,468 patents, ranking #1 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 419 CPC subclasses total.

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

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha's recent grant velocity is +12% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha's patents?

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha's patents average 8.0 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 Jidosha 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 Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21,526 granted patents across 419 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Toyota ranks #12 of 49,997 US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21,526 patents across 419 technology areas.

#12
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (70.6/100): 8.0
avg claims per patent: +12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12 · Foreign Corporation #12 · 21,526 grants

GRANTS-MEGA · TOP-DECILE · CLEAR-GAP · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MEGA 22K grants
TOP-DECILE #12/49,997
CLEAR-GAP Sony Group
CPC-BROAD Y02T · 419 areas
INNOV-STRONG 70.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 8.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sony Group Corporation (±933 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 70.6 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 34.5 pts (49%) Velocity 6.3 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 4.8 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chengdu Qinchuan… · near

71
Textron Innovations · near

71
Toshiba · near

71
Toyota Jidosha · this assignee

71
Volvo Truck · near

71
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Toyota's Innovation Score is 70.6/100 (top 1% 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 8.0 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 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 Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha received 10,411 grants versus 9,332 in 2015–2019 (+12% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 2,289 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 1,483. Lead class Y02T accounts for 25.4% of the portfolio across 419 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Intel Corporation (#8) and BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. (#16).

Toyota's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha moved from 6,444 to 6,103 grants (0.95x 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 #1,332. See the growth leaderboard.

Intel

27,498
Microsoft Technol…

24,392
Google

24,290
Huawei

23,942
Toyota Jidosha ◀

21,526
Sony Group

20,593
Amazon

20,125
Ford Global

18,527
BOE Technology Gr…

18,263

What this shows Toyota holds 21,526 patents at rank #12, 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 #12 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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 Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…), Toyota ranks #1 of 2,877 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (71 here).

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 71 Textron Innovations Inc. 71 Volvo Truck Corporation 71 Chengdu Qinchuan IOT Technology Co., Ltd. 71

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.0 here).

Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd. 8.0 avg Soochow University 8.0 avg Home Depot Product Authority, LLC 8.0 avg WHG Properties, LLC 8.0 avg

Toyota's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

71 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1,645	7.6%
2016	1,483	6.9%
2017	2,025	9.4%
2018	2,043	9.5%
2019	2,136	9.9%
2020	2,158	10.0%
2021	2,150	10.0%
2022	2,289	10.6%
2023	1,937	9.0%
2024	1,877	8.7%
2025partial year	1,783	8.3%

Which technologies does Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 5,468

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 4,033

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3,460

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 3,097

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 2,885

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 2,338

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1,796

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 1,725

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1,689

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 1,228

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1,167

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 1,087

F16H - Gearing 1,070

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 978

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 974

Top 15 of 419 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 Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha's lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 25.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #12 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha against Intel Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 70.6/100 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.

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.

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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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