Where does Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc. ranks #20,884 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 Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc. hold?

Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.0 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc. focus on?

Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc.'s top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 8 patents, ranking #408 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -56% 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 Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc.'s patents?

Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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 Calsonic Kansei North America, 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

Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Calsonic ranks #20,884 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 15 technology areas.

#20,884
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (36.0/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20884 · US Corporation #20,884 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,884/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH C21 Patents
CPC-FOCUS B60R · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: C21 Patents, LLC (±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 Calsonic’s 36.0 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 9.1 pts (25%) Velocity 2.7 pts (8%) Breadth 13.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Calsonic Kansei… · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Calsonic's Innovation Score is 36.0/100 (top 48% 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 Calsonic?

Each dot is one of Calsonic’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). Calsonic’s own 17.5 claims/patent is at or below the 17.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Calsonic's grants concentrate

Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 61.5% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Calsonic sits between C21 Patents, LLC and Carnival Corporation.

Calsonic's three-year grant acceleration

Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc. shows 2 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.

C21 Patents

13
Caes Systems

13
California Norths…

13
Calin Technology

13
Camilla IP PTY

13
Canadian Blood Se…

13
Caringo

13
Carnival

13
Calsonic Kansei N… ◀

13

What this shows Calsonic holds 13 patents at rank #20,885, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Calsonic

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,885 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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

Calsonic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.7%
2017	1	7.7%
2018	4	30.8%
2019	3	23.1%
2020	2	15.4%
2022	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc. patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 2

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

B01D - Separation 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 1

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc.'s lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 61.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #20,884 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc. against C21 Patents, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.0/100 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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