Where does Comau LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Comau LLC ranks #10,898 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 Comau LLC hold?

Comau LLC holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Comau LLC's Innovation Score?

Comau LLC has an Innovation Score of 41.9 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Comau LLC focus on?

Comau LLC's top technology area is Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification) with 14 patents, ranking #891 of 9,657 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

Is Comau LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Comau LLC's recent grant velocity is -73% 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 Comau LLC's patents?

Comau LLC's patents average 16.2 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 Comau 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

Comau LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Comau ranks #10,898 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 29 technology areas.

#10,898
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.9/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: -73%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10898 · US Corporation #10,898 · 28 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #10,898/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Clariant Produkte…
CPC-FOCUS Y10T · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -73% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH (±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 Comau’s 41.9 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 11.6 pts (28%) Velocity 1.5 pts (4%) Breadth 19.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bestechnic (Shanghai) · near

42
Comau · this assignee

42
Ibex PT Holdings · near

42
Medtronic Vascular… · near

42
MGC Filsheet · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Comau's Innovation Score is 41.9/100 (top 32% 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 Comau?

Each dot is one of Comau’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). Comau’s own 16.2 claims/patent is at or below the 18.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Comau's grants concentrate

Comau LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Comau sits between Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH and Dispersive Networks, Inc..

Comau's three-year grant acceleration

Comau LLC shows 2 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.

Clariant Produkte…

28
Clean Energy Labs

28
Clearcam

28
Clearsign

28
Comcast Interacti…

28
Crystaphase Produ…

28
Dispelix OY

28
Dispersive Networ…

28
Comau ◀

28

What this shows Comau holds 28 patents at rank #10,904, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Comau

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,904 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Comau, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification), Comau ranks #891 of 9,657 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Ibex PT Holdings Co., Ltd. 42 Bestechnic (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 42 MGC Filsheet Co., Ltd. 42 Medtronic Vascular Galway Unlimited Company 42

Comau's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Comau LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	14.3%
2016	4	14.3%
2017	6	21.4%
2018	3	10.7%
2019	5	17.9%
2020	3	10.7%
2021	1	3.6%
2022	1	3.6%
2024	1	3.6%

Which technologies does Comau LLC patent most?

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 14

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 11

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 10

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 7

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 6

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 6

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 6

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 4

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 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 3

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 2

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

Top 15 of 29 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Comau LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Comau LLC's lead technology class is Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y10T
Ranked #10,898 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Comau LLC against Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.9/100 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

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.