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Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 28 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: E02F (DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING).

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26
Total patents granted
28
CPC technology areas
18.2
Avg claims per patent
+113%
5-year grant velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Caterpillar ranks #11,593 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 28 technology areas.

#11,593
of 50,000 US assignees by volume
Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.6/100)
18.2
avg claims per patent
+113%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd. has been granted 26 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd. at #11,593 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 28 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 18.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in E02F (DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING). As a Foreign Corporation, Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Caterpillar sits between CPC Corporation, Taiwan (26 patents, rank #11,593) and Chan Li Machinery Co., Ltd. (26 patents, rank #11,601) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 56.6/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 17 grants, compared with 8 in the 2015–2019 window, a +113% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd.'s 18.2 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 28 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

Who files at Caterpillar's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Caterpillar holds 26 patents at rank #11,597, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Caterpillar

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,597 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)

57 Top 6% higher than 94% of 50,000 US assignees

0–10: 687 US assignees (1%). Below this entry. 10–20: 2,527 US assignees (5%). Below this entry. 20–30: 13,162 US assignees (26%). Below this entry. 30–40: 15,294 US assignees (31%). Below this entry. 40–50: 11,491 US assignees (23%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,058 US assignees (10%). This entry sits in this band. 60–70: 1,537 US assignees (3%). Above this entry. 70–80: 234 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 80–90: 10 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 90–100: 0 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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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 Underground Mining Pty Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2016 2 7.7%
2017 1 3.8%
2018 2 7.7%
2019 3 11.5%
2021 3 11.5%
2022 2 7.7%
2023 9 34.6%
2024 3 11.5%
2025partial year 1 3.8%

Which technologies does Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd. patent most?

Top 15 of 28 technology areas

Grant record at a glance

Portfolio Volume 26 grants
CPC subclasses 28
Avg. claims / grant 18.2
Velocity +113%

Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#11,593

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?
According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd. ranks #11,593 of 50,000 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 Underground Mining Pty Ltd. hold?
Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.
What is Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd.'s Innovation Score?
Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 56.6 out of 100 (top 6% 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 Underground Mining Pty Ltd. focus on?
Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd.'s top technology area is E02F (DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING) with 18 patents. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.
Is Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?
Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +113% 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 Underground Mining Pty Ltd.'s patents?
Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd.'s patents average 18.2 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 Underground Mining Pty Ltd. 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.

How to use this portfolio

Caterpillar's 26 grants land it in the top 6% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

  • Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Caterpillar ranks #11,593 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
  • Most of this portfolio concentrates in E02F - see who else leads that technology area. E02F leaders
  • Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.