Where does Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd. ranks #6,096 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 Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd. hold?

Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd. holds 56 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 51.3 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +146% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.'s patents average 7.7 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 Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd. 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

Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd. focus on?

Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 35 patents, ranking #100 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 56 granted patents across 13 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Yamaichi ranks #6,096 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 56 patents across 13 technology areas.

#6,096
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.3/100): 7.7
avg claims per patent: +146%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6096 · Foreign Corporation #6,096 · 56 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 56 grants
UPPER-Q #6,096/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vocollect
CPC-FOCUS H01R · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +146% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vocollect, 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.

How Yamaichi’s 51.3 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 14.0 pts (27%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 12.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 4.6 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Korea Aerospace… · near

51
Lantech com · near

51
LS Cable & System · near

51
Nanocomp · near

51
Yamaichi · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Yamaichi's Innovation Score is 51.3/100 (top 12% 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 Yamaichi?

Each dot is one of Yamaichi’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). Yamaichi’s own 7.7 claims/patent is at or below the 13.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Yamaichi's grants concentrate

Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Yamaichi sits between Vocollect, Inc. and Zillow, Inc..

Yamaichi's three-year grant acceleration

Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd. shows 28 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Vocollect

56
Voestalpine Stahl

56
Wittenstein SE

56
Yamaguchi Univers…

56
Zhejiang Huahai P…

56
Zenpayroll

56
Zhongshan Innoclo…

56
Zillow

56
Yamaichi ◀

56

What this shows Yamaichi holds 56 patents at rank #6,094, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Yamaichi

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,094 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Yamaichi, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections), Yamaichi ranks #100 of 2,265 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Lantech.com, LLC 51 LS Cable & System Ltd. 51 Korea Aerospace Research Institute 51 Nanocomp Technologies Inc. 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.7 here).

Blackpin Inc. 7.7 avg Bridgestone Europe NV/SA 7.7 avg PHC Holdings Corporation 7.7 avg Shenzhen Smoore Technology Limited 7.7 avg

Yamaichi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	3.6%
2017	7	12.5%
2018	3	5.4%
2019	1	1.8%
2020	2	3.6%
2021	2	3.6%
2022	15	26.8%
2023	9	16.1%
2024	4	7.1%
2025partial year	11	19.6%

Which technologies does Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd. patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 35

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 15

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 13

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 12

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

H04B - Transmission 2

H04Q - Selecting 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 1

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 1

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

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #6,096 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd. against Vocollect, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.3/100 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

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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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