Where does Toyota Motor Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Toyota Motor Corporation ranks #6,963 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 Motor Corporation hold?

Toyota Motor Corporation holds 48 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 42 technology areas.

What is Toyota Motor Corporation's Innovation Score?

Toyota Motor Corporation has an Innovation Score of 56.2 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 Motor Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Toyota Motor Corporation's recent grant velocity is +20% 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 Motor Corporation's patents?

Toyota Motor Corporation's patents average 13.3 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 Motor 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Toyota Motor Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Toyota Motor Corporation focus on?

Toyota Motor Corporation's top technology area is C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor) with 24 patents, ranking #141 of 1,818 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 42 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 48 granted patents across 42 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: C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Toyota ranks #6,963 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 48 patents across 42 technology areas.

#6,963
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.2/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6963 · Foreign Corporation #6,963 · 48 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 48 grants
UPPER-Q #6,963/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Temper Axle Products
CPC-WIDE C09D · 42 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Temper Axle Products Corporation (±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 Toyota’s 56.2 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 13.4 pts (24%) Velocity 11.9 pts (21%) Breadth 22.9 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Eight Sleep · near

56
K&N Engineering · near

56
Leer Group · near

56
Toyota Motor · this assignee

56
Marquette University · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Toyota's Innovation Score is 56.2/100 (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 13.3 claims/patent is at or below the 14.0 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.

Where Toyota's grants concentrate

Toyota Motor Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Toyota sits between Temper Axle Products Corporation and Ulthera, Inc..

Toyota's three-year grant acceleration

Toyota Motor Corporation shows 16 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Temper Axle Produ…

48
Terex USA

48
Textron

48
The John Hopkins…

48
Trico Products

48
Tusker Medical

48
Universite D'ange…

48
Ulthera

48
Toyota Motor ◀

48

What this shows Toyota holds 48 patents at rank #6,962, 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 #6,962 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09D (Coating Compositions)

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 C09D (Coating Compositions), Toyota ranks #141 of 1,818 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Leer Group 56 K&N Engineering, Inc. 56 Eight Sleep Inc. 56 Marquette University 56

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.

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Toyota Motor Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	18.8%
2016	5	10.4%
2017	5	10.4%
2019	1	2.1%
2020	5	10.4%
2021	3	6.3%
2022	6	12.5%
2023	7	14.6%
2024	3	6.3%
2025partial year	4	8.3%

Which technologies does Toyota Motor Corporation patent most?

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 24

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 17

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 15

C12Y - Enzymes 14

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 11

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 10

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 9

D06L - Dry-cleaning, Washing OR Bleaching Fibres, Filaments, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Made-up Fibrous GOODS; Bleaching Leather OR Furs 8

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 3

Top 15 of 42 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 Motor Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Toyota Motor Corporation's lead technology class is C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09D
Ranked #6,963 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Toyota Motor Corporation against Temper Axle Products Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.2/100 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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