Where does Caterpillar Work Tools B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Caterpillar Work Tools B.V. ranks #11,961 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 Work Tools B.V. hold?

Caterpillar Work Tools B.V. holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Caterpillar Work Tools B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Caterpillar Work Tools B.V. has an Innovation Score of 33.0 out of 100 (43rd 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 Work Tools B.V. focus on?

Caterpillar Work Tools B.V.'s top technology area is E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting) with 19 patents, ranking #39 of 348 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Caterpillar Work Tools B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Caterpillar Work Tools B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Work Tools B.V.'s patents?

Caterpillar Work Tools B.V.'s patents average 13.4 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 Work Tools B.V. 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 Work Tools B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 13 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 #11,961 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 13 technology areas.

#11,961
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (33.0/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11961 · Foreign Corporation #11,961 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #11,961/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cape Analytics
CPC-FOCUS E02F · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cape Analytics, 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 33.0 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 11.3 pts (34%) Velocity 1.0 pts (3%) Breadth 12.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fluoptics · near

33
Idtp Holdings · near

33
Caterpillar Work… · this assignee

33
Rational Packaging · near

33
Sega · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Caterpillar's Innovation Score is 33.0/100 (43rd 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 13.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 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 Work Tools B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 76% of grants classified under E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Caterpillar sits between Cape Analytics, Inc. and Claret Medical, Inc..

Caterpillar's three-year grant acceleration

Caterpillar Work Tools B.V. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Cape Analytics

25
Carl Zeiss Sports…

25
Carson Optical

25
Cartier Creation…

25
Central China Nor…

25
Cepton

25
Chevron (HK)

25
Claret Medical

25
Caterpillar Work… ◀

25

What this shows Caterpillar holds 25 patents at rank #11,971, 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 #11,971 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 #39 of 348 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Rational Packaging LLC 33 Sega Corporation 33 Idtp Holdings, Inc. 33 Fluoptics 33

Caterpillar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% 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 Work Tools B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	12.0%
2016	5	20.0%
2017	4	16.0%
2018	4	16.0%
2019	5	20.0%
2020	2	8.0%
2022	1	4.0%
2025partial year	1	4.0%

Which technologies does Caterpillar Work Tools B.V. patent most?

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 19

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 6

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 5

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

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

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

Top 13 of 13 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 Work Tools B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Caterpillar Work Tools B.V.'s lead technology class is E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting), 76% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E02F
Ranked #11,961 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Caterpillar Work Tools B.V. against Cape Analytics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.0/100 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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