Where does Caterpillar Global Mining LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Caterpillar Global Mining LLC ranks #4,609 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 LLC hold?

Caterpillar Global Mining LLC holds 76 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 48 technology areas.

What is Caterpillar Global Mining LLC's Innovation Score?

Caterpillar Global Mining LLC has an Innovation Score of 62.2 out of 100 (top 2% 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 LLC focus on?

Caterpillar Global Mining LLC's top technology area is E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting) with 54 patents, ranking #20 of 348 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 48 CPC subclasses total.

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

Caterpillar Global Mining LLC's recent grant velocity is -57% 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 LLC's patents?

Caterpillar Global Mining LLC's patents average 16.9 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 Global Mining LLC 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 Global Mining LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 76 granted patents across 48 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: E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Caterpillar ranks #4,609 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 76 patents across 48 technology areas.

#4,609
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.2/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4609 · US Corporation #4,609 · 76 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 76 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,609/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Berkshire Grey
CPC-WIDE E02F · 48 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Berkshire Grey, 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 62.2 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 15.0 pts (24%) Velocity 12.6 pts (20%) Breadth 24.5 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Autel Intelligent… · near

62
Bright Data · near

62
Zephyros · near

62
Arkema France · near

62
Caterpillar Global… · this assignee

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Caterpillar's Innovation Score is 62.2/100 (top 2% 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 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 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 LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 48 CPC subclasses with 71.1% of grants classified under E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (23 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Caterpillar sits between Bioverativ Therapeutics Inc. and Crimson Trace Corporation.

Caterpillar's three-year grant acceleration

Caterpillar Global Mining LLC shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Bioverativ Therap…

76
Berkshire Grey

76
Bottomline

76
Cascades Canada U…

76
Coherus Bioscienc…

76
Conformis

76
Cricut

76
Crimson Trace

76
Caterpillar Globa… ◀

76

What this shows Caterpillar holds 76 patents at rank #4,609, 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 #4,609 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E02F (Dredging)

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 E02F (Dredging), Caterpillar ranks #20 of 348 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Arkema France 62 Bright Data Ltd. 62 Zephyros, Inc. 62 Autel Intelligent Technology Corp., Ltd. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.9 here).

Remy Technologies, LLC 16.9 avg TCL Research America Inc. 16.9 avg iLumisys, Inc. 16.9 avg Mycronic AB 16.9 avg

Caterpillar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	23	30.3%
2016	13	17.1%
2017	5	6.6%
2018	6	7.9%
2019	4	5.3%
2020	2	2.6%
2021	3	3.9%
2022	7	9.2%
2023	4	5.3%
2024	6	7.9%
2025partial year	3	3.9%

Which technologies does Caterpillar Global Mining LLC patent most?

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 54

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 7

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 5

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 4

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 3

E21C - Mining OR Quarrying 3

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

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 2

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 2

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 2

E21F - Safety Devices, Transport, Filling-up, Rescue, Ventilation, OR Draining IN OR OF Mines OR Tunnels 2

Top 15 of 48 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 LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Caterpillar Global Mining LLC's lead technology class is E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting), 71.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E02F
Ranked #4,609 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Caterpillar Global Mining LLC against Bioverativ Therapeutics Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.2/100 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

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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