Where does Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd. ranks #22,168 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 Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd. hold?

Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 23.2 out of 100 (12th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd.'s patents average 7.3 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 Amada Machine Tools 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

Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd. focus on?

Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B23D (PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 11 patents, ranking #23 of 307 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: B23D (PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Amada ranks #22,168 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 8 technology areas.

#22,168
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.2/100): 7.3
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22168 · Foreign Corporation #22,168 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,168/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Allied Machine &…
CPC-NARROW B23D · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Allied Machine & Engineering 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 Amada’s 23.2 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 8.9 pts (38%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 4.4 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amada Machine Tools · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Amada's Innovation Score is 23.2/100 (12th percentile 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 Amada?

Each dot is one of Amada’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). Amada’s own 7.3 claims/patent is at or below the 14.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Amada's grants concentrate

Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 91.7% of grants classified under B23D (PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Amada sits between Allied Machine & Engineering Corporation and AMP Plus, Inc..

Allied Machine &…

12
Alphabet Energy

12
Alphinity

12
Alveo

12
Amahorse Trading…

12
AML Systems

12
AMO Manufacturing…

12
AMP Plus

12
Amada Machine Too… ◀

12

What this shows Amada holds 12 patents at rank #22,139, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Amada

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,139 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23D (Planing)

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

Amada's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	8.3%
2017	4	33.3%
2018	2	16.7%
2019	2	16.7%
2020	3	25.0%

Which technologies does Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd. patent most?

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 3

B27B - Saws FOR Wood OR Similar MATERIAL; Components OR Accessories Therefor 2

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 2

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

B23B - TURNING; Boring 1

B23C - Milling 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B23D (PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 91.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23D
Ranked #22,168 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Amada Machine Tools Co., Ltd. against Allied Machine & Engineering Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.2/100 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

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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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