Where does Caterpillar Forest Products Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Caterpillar Forest Products Inc. ranks #34,682 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 Forest Products Inc. hold?

Caterpillar Forest Products Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Caterpillar Forest Products Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Caterpillar Forest Products Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.6 out of 100 (31st percentile 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 Forest Products Inc. focus on?

Caterpillar Forest Products Inc.'s top technology area is E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting) with 5 patents, ranking #107 of 348 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Caterpillar Forest Products Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Caterpillar Forest Products Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Caterpillar Forest Products Inc.'s patents?

Caterpillar Forest Products Inc.'s patents average 14.6 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 Forest Products 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

Caterpillar Forest Products Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 15 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: E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Caterpillar ranks #34,682 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 15 technology areas.

#34,682
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.6/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34682 · US Corporation #34,682 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,682/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cascades Sonoco
CPC-FOCUS E02F · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cascades Sonoco 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 29.6 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 7.2 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (46%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Caterpillar Forest… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Caterpillar's Innovation Score is 29.6/100 (31st 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 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 14.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Caterpillar's grants concentrate

Caterpillar Forest Products Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Caterpillar sits between Cascades Sonoco Inc. and Cegnum LLC.

Cascades Sonoco

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Casepoint

7
Castle Fit

7
Caterpillar (NI)

7
Cathbuddy

7
Catheter Connecti…

7
Cazena

7
Cegnum

7
Caterpillar Fores… ◀

7

What this shows Caterpillar holds 7 patents at rank #34,796, 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 #34,796 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E02F (Dredging)

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

Caterpillar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 31st percentile higher than 31% 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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Caterpillar Forest Products Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	28.6%
2017	1	14.3%
2018	2	28.6%
2020	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Caterpillar Forest Products Inc. patent most?

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 5

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 3

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 2

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

F16H - Gearing 1

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 1

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 1

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 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

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

Caterpillar Forest Products Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Caterpillar Forest Products Inc.'s lead technology class is E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E02F
Ranked #34,682 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Caterpillar Forest Products Inc. against Cascades Sonoco Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.6/100 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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