Where does Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH ranks #6,751 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 Global Mining Europe GmbH hold?

Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH's Innovation Score?

Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH has an Innovation Score of 44.7 out of 100 (top 25% 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 Global Mining Europe GmbH focus on?

Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH's top technology area is E21C (Mining OR Quarrying) with 26 patents, ranking #6 of 104 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

Is Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Global Mining Europe GmbH's patents?

Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH's patents average 18.6 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 Global Mining Europe 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 Global Mining Europe GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 49 granted patents across 28 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: E21C (Mining OR Quarrying).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Caterpillar ranks #6,751 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 28 technology areas.

#6,751
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.7/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6751 · Foreign Corporation #6,751 · 49 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,751/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH C-Smartlink…
CPC-FOCUS E21C · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: C-Smartlink Information Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 44.7 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 13.5 pts (30%) Velocity 1.3 pts (3%) Breadth 18.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
B & B Metals · near

45
Caterpillar Global… · this assignee

45
Medibeacon · near

45
Sustainable Energy… · near

45
Yachiyo Industry · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Caterpillar's Innovation Score is 44.7/100 (top 25% 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 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 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 Global Mining Europe GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 53.1% of grants classified under E21C (Mining OR Quarrying). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (13 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Caterpillar sits between C-Smartlink Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Cray Inc..

Caterpillar's three-year grant acceleration

Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

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49
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49
Cooler Master Tec…

49
Cardinal CG

49
Cerebras Systems

49
Coopersurgical

49
Corbett Lair

49
Cray

49
Caterpillar Globa… ◀

49

What this shows Caterpillar holds 49 patents at rank #6,752, 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 #6,752 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21C (Mining OR Quarrying)

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 E21C (Mining OR Quarrying), Caterpillar ranks #6 of 104 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Medibeacon Inc. 45 Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd. 45 Sustainable Energy Solutions, Inc. 45 B & B Metals, Inc. 45

Caterpillar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% 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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Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	26.5%
2016	8	16.3%
2017	7	14.3%
2018	8	16.3%
2019	4	8.2%
2020	3	6.1%
2021	3	6.1%
2022	2	4.1%
2025partial year	1	2.0%

Which technologies does Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH patent most?

E21C - Mining OR Quarrying 26

E21D - SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; Large Underground Chambers 16

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 14

E21F - Safety Devices, Transport, Filling-up, Rescue, Ventilation, OR Draining IN OR OF Mines OR Tunnels 10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 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 4

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 3

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B28D - Working Stone OR Stone-like Materials 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

F16H - Gearing 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 1

Top 15 of 28 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 Global Mining Europe GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH's lead technology class is E21C (Mining OR Quarrying), 53.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21C
Ranked #6,751 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH against C-Smartlink Information Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.7/100 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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