Where does Comau S.p.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Comau S.p.A. ranks #6,229 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 S.p.A. hold?

Comau S.p.A. holds 54 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 40 technology areas.

What is Comau S.p.A.'s Innovation Score?

Comau S.p.A. has an Innovation Score of 46.6 out of 100 (top 20% 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 S.p.A. focus on?

Comau S.p.A.'s top technology area is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices) with 13 patents, ranking #147 of 1,442 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

Is Comau S.p.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Comau S.p.A.'s recent grant velocity is -52% 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 S.p.A.'s patents?

Comau S.p.A.'s patents average 12.3 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 S.p.A. 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

Comau S.p.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 54 granted patents across 40 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: B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Comau ranks #6,229 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 54 patents across 40 technology areas.

#6,229
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.6/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: -52%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6229 · Foreign Corporation #6,229 · 54 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 54 grants
UPPER-Q #6,229/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Causam Enterprises
CPC-WIDE B25J · 40 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -52% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Causam Enterprises, 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 Comau’s 46.6 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 13.8 pts (30%) Velocity 3.0 pts (6%) Breadth 22.4 pts (48%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Comau S p A · this assignee

47
Raytech Optical… · near

47
Saint-Augustin… · near

47
Eizo · near

47
Guangzhou Tyrafos… · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Comau's Innovation Score is 46.6/100 (top 20% 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 12.3 claims/patent is at or below the 13.8 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 S.p.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 24.1% of grants classified under B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Comau sits between Causam Enterprises, Inc. and Debiotech S.A..

Comau's three-year grant acceleration

Comau S.p.A. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Causam Enterprises

54
Cenovus Energy

54
Clarkson Universi…

54
Classic Brands

54
Constellation Pha…

54
Dai-ichi Kogyo Se…

54
DAS

54
Debiotech

54
Comau S p A ◀

54

What this shows Comau holds 54 patents at rank #6,229, 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 #6,229 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25J (Manipulators)

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 B25J (Manipulators), Comau ranks #147 of 1,442 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Raytech Optical (Changzhou) Co., Ltd 47 Saint-Augustin Canada Electric Inc. 47 Guangzhou Tyrafos Semiconductor Technologies Co., Ltd. 47 Eizo Corporation 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.3 here).

Autolus Limited 12.3 avg Raydium Semiconductor Corporation 12.3 avg Akzenta Paneele + Profile GMBH 12.4 avg Altor Bioscience LLC 12.4 avg

Comau's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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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Comau S.p.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	7.4%
2016	9	16.7%
2017	6	11.1%
2018	4	7.4%
2019	10	18.5%
2020	6	11.1%
2021	2	3.7%
2022	5	9.3%
2023	3	5.6%
2025partial year	5	9.3%

Which technologies does Comau S.p.A. patent most?

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 13

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 9

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 8

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 8

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

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 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

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

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 4

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 3

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 3

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

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 2

Top 15 of 40 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

Comau S.p.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Comau S.p.A.'s lead technology class is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices), 24.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25J
Ranked #6,229 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Comau S.p.A. against Causam Enterprises, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.6/100 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.