Where does Toyota Research Institute, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Toyota Research Institute, Inc. ranks #604 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 Research Institute, Inc. hold?

Toyota Research Institute, Inc. holds 735 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 112 technology areas.

What is Toyota Research Institute, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Toyota Research Institute, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 73.1 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%).

Is Toyota Research Institute, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Toyota Research Institute, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +1850% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Toyota Research Institute, Inc.'s patents?

Toyota Research Institute, Inc.'s patents average 17.9 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 Toyota Research Institute, 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

Toyota Research Institute, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Toyota Research Institute, Inc. focus on?

Toyota Research Institute, Inc.'s top technology area is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding) with 273 patents. Grants appear in 112 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 735 granted patents across 112 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Toyota ranks #604 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 735 patents across 112 technology areas.

#604
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (73.1/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: +1850%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R604 · US Corporation #604 · 735 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 735 grants
TOP-DECILE #604/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Seminis Vegetable…
CPC-WIDE G06V · 112 areas
INNOV-STRONG 73.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1850% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, 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
Beijing Xiaomi… · near

73
Toyota Research… · this assignee

73
Imam Abdulrahman… · near

73
Solventum Intellectu… · near

73
United Services… · near

73
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Toyota's Innovation Score is 73.1/100 (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.

How Toyota's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Toyota Research Institute, Inc. received 624 grants versus 32 in 2015–2019 (+1850% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 163 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 11. Lead class G06V accounts for 37.1% of the portfolio across 112 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Lexmark International, Inc. (#600) and TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (#608).

Toyota's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Toyota Research Institute, Inc. moved from 203 to 442 grants (2.18x 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 #173. See the growth leaderboard.

Lexmark Internati…

737
Denso Internation…

736
Husqvarna AB

736
Seminis Vegetable…

735
Toyota Research I… ◀

735
Logitech Europe

731
Michelin Recherch…

729
SMC

728
TCL China Star Op…

728

What this shows Toyota holds 735 patents at rank #604, 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 #604 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding)

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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (73 here).

Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University 73 Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. 73 Solventum Intellectual Properties Company 73 United Services Automobile Association (USAA) 73

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.9 here).

Medtronic Minimed, Inc. 17.9 avg Acronis International GmbH 17.9 avg CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina 17.9 avg Ballogy, Inc. 17.9 avg

Toyota's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

73 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 · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Toyota Research Institute, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	11	1.5%
2019	21	2.9%
2020	86	11.7%
2021	96	13.1%
2022	151	20.5%
2023	163	22.2%
2024	128	17.4%
2025partial year	79	10.7%

Which technologies does Toyota Research Institute, Inc. patent most?

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 273

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 253

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 200

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 195

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 167

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 165

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 88

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 86

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 76

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 66

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 45

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 39

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 36

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 32

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 32

Top 15 of 112 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#604

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

73.1 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

Toyota Research Institute, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Toyota Research Institute, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), 37.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06V
Ranked #604 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Toyota Research Institute, Inc. against Lexmark International, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 73.1/100 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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