Where does Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. ranks #19,643 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 Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. hold?

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 32.5 out of 100 (41st 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 Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. focus on?

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 6 patents, ranking #1,885 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

Is Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -44% 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 Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.'s patents average 6.3 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 Daihatsu Motor Co., 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Daihatsu ranks #19,643 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 26 technology areas.

#19,643
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.5/100): 6.3
avg claims per patent: -44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19643 · Foreign Corporation #19,643 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,643/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cyphort
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 26 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -44% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cyphort 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 Daihatsu’s 32.5 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 9.4 pts (29%) Velocity 1.3 pts (4%) Breadth 18.0 pts (55%) Claim depth 3.8 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Daihatsu Motor · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Daihatsu's Innovation Score is 32.5/100 (41st 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 Daihatsu?

Each dot is one of Daihatsu’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). Daihatsu’s own 6.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Daihatsu's grants concentrate

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Daihatsu sits between Cyphort Inc. and Danfoss Editron OY.

Daihatsu's three-year grant acceleration

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Cyphort

14
D&L Manufacturing

14
D P Technology

14
DAE WON SAN UP

14
Daito Giken

14
Dana Graziano S R…

14
Dandelion

14
Danfoss Editron OY

14
Daihatsu Motor ◀

14

What this shows Daihatsu holds 14 patents at rank #19,645, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Daihatsu

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,645 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Daihatsu's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	28.6%
2016	2	14.3%
2017	1	7.1%
2018	1	7.1%
2019	1	7.1%
2020	2	14.3%
2021	2	14.3%
2023	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 5

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 5

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 2

F02F - Cylinders, Pistons OR Casings, FOR Combustion ENGINES; Arrangements OF Sealings IN Combustion Engines 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 1

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

B22C - Foundry Moulding 1

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 1

Top 15 of 26 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

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #19,643 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. against Cyphort Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.5/100 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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