Where does Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH ranks #8,347 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 Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH hold?

Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH holds 38 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH's Innovation Score?

Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH has an Innovation Score of 51.4 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH focus on?

Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH's top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 24 patents, ranking #290 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH's recent grant velocity is +54% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH's patents?

Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH's patents average 14.9 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 Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH 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

Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Caterpillar ranks #8,347 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 24 technology areas.

#8,347
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.4/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: +54%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8347 · Foreign Corporation #8,347 · 38 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 38 grants
UPPER-Q #8,347/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Caliper Life Sciences
CPC-FOCUS Y02T · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +54% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Caliper Life Sciences, 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 Caterpillar’s 51.4 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 12.7 pts (25%) Velocity 12.5 pts (24%) Breadth 17.3 pts (34%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Caterpillar Energy… · this assignee

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Cboe Exchange · near

51
Shenzhen Intellirock… · near

51
Alclear · near

51
The Reliable… · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Caterpillar's Innovation Score is 51.4/100 (top 11% 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 Caterpillar?

Each dot is one of Caterpillar’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). Caterpillar’s own 14.9 claims/patent is at or below the 17.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Caterpillar's grants concentrate

Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 63.2% of grants classified under Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Caterpillar sits between Cyclingdeal USA, Inc. and CoeLux S.r.l..

Caterpillar's three-year grant acceleration

Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Cyclingdeal USA

38
Caliper Life Scie…

38
Cardinalcommerce

38
Carl Zeiss SMS

38
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38
Champion Link Int…

38
Clarios Germany &…

38
Coelux S r l

38
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38

What this shows Caterpillar holds 38 patents at rank #8,352, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Caterpillar

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,352 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Caterpillar, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…), Caterpillar ranks #290 of 2,877 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Cboe Exchange, Inc. 51 Shenzhen Intellirocks Tech. Co., Ltd. 51 The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co. Inc. 51 Alclear, LLC 51

Caterpillar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	7.9%
2017	4	10.5%
2018	3	7.9%
2019	3	7.9%
2020	1	2.6%
2021	4	10.5%
2022	3	7.9%
2023	2	5.3%
2024	10	26.3%
2025partial year	5	13.2%

Which technologies does Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 24

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 20

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 16

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 11

F02P - Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, FOR Internal-combustion ENGINES; Testing OF Ignition Timing IN Compression-ignition Engines 9

F02F - Cylinders, Pistons OR Casings, FOR Combustion ENGINES; Arrangements OF Sealings IN Combustion Engines 8

H01T - Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases 7

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 5

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 5

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 3

F01M - Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating 2

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 2

Top 15 of 24 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

Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH's lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 63.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #8,347 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH against Cyclingdeal USA, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.4/100 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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