Where does Cummins IP, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cummins IP, Inc. ranks #5,751 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 Cummins IP, Inc. hold?

Cummins IP, Inc. holds 59 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is Cummins IP, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Cummins IP, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.0 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cummins IP, Inc. focus on?

Cummins IP, Inc.'s top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 34 patents, ranking #219 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cummins IP, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cummins IP, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -93% 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 Cummins IP, Inc.'s patents?

Cummins IP, Inc.'s patents average 17.1 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 Cummins IP, Inc. 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

Cummins IP, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 59 granted patents across 34 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cummins ranks #5,751 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 59 patents across 34 technology areas.

#5,751
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.0/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5751 · US Corporation #5,751 · 59 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 59 grants
UPPER-Q #5,751/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cimpress Schweiz
CPC-FOCUS Y02T · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cimpress Schweiz 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 Cummins’s 45.0 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 14.1 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 20.6 pts (46%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cummins IP · this assignee

45
LEM International · near

45
Mahle Filter… · near

45
Powertech Technology · near

45
SKF Magnetic… · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cummins's Innovation Score is 45.0/100 (top 24% 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 Cummins?

Each dot is one of Cummins’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). Cummins’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cummins's grants concentrate

Cummins IP, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 57.6% of grants classified under Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Cummins sits between Cimpress Schweiz GMBH and Donnelly Corporation.

Cimpress Schweiz

59
Conagra Foods RDM

59
Connectwise

59
Contitech Transpo…

59
Cummins-allison

59
D6

59
Daishinku

59
Donnelly

59
Cummins IP ◀

59

What this shows Cummins holds 59 patents at rank #5,750, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cummins

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,750 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Cummins, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…), Cummins ranks #219 of 2,877 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Mahle Filter Systems Japan Corporation 45 SKF Magnetic Mechatronics 45 Powertech Technology Inc. 45 LEM International SA 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.1 here).

The University Court of the University of Glasgow 17.1 avg Lonza Ltd 17.1 avg Lely Patent N.V. 17.1 avg Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GMBH 17.1 avg

Cummins's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Cummins IP, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	22.0%
2016	15	25.4%
2017	16	27.1%
2018	7	11.9%
2019	4	6.8%
2020	3	5.1%
2021	1	1.7%

Which technologies does Cummins IP, Inc. patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 34

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 31

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 20

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

B01D - Separation 9

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 8

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 7

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 6

F01M - Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating 5

F02F - Cylinders, Pistons OR Casings, FOR Combustion ENGINES; Arrangements OF Sealings IN Combustion Engines 5

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Top 15 of 34 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

Cummins IP, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cummins IP, Inc.'s lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 57.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #5,751 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cummins IP, Inc. against Cimpress Schweiz GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.0/100 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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