Where does Daikin Applied Americas Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Daikin Applied Americas Inc. ranks #8,776 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 Daikin Applied Americas Inc. hold?

Daikin Applied Americas Inc. holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Daikin Applied Americas Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Daikin Applied Americas Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.7 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Daikin Applied Americas Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Daikin Applied Americas Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +19% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Daikin Applied Americas Inc.'s patents?

Daikin Applied Americas Inc.'s patents average 15.8 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 Daikin Applied Americas 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

Daikin Applied Americas Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Daikin Applied Americas Inc. focus on?

Daikin Applied Americas Inc.'s top technology area is F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems) with 31 patents, ranking #37 of 704 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 19 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: F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Daikin ranks #8,776 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 19 technology areas.

#8,776
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.7/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: +19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8776 · US Corporation #8,776 · 36 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,776/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cox Automotive
CPC-FOCUS F25B · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cox Automotive, 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 Daikin’s 38.7 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 12.5 pts (32%) Velocity 1.3 pts (3%) Breadth 15.4 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Adamant Namiki… · near

39
Cirtec Medical · near

39
Daikin Applied… · this assignee

39
Norgren Automation… · near

39
Tipper Tie · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Daikin's Innovation Score is 38.7/100 (top 40% 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 Daikin?

Each dot is one of Daikin’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). Daikin’s own 15.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Daikin's grants concentrate

Daikin Applied Americas Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 86.1% of grants classified under F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Daikin sits between Cox Automotive, Inc. and Daniel Measurement and Control, Inc..

Daikin's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Daikin Applied Americas Inc. moved from 20 to 4 grants (0.20x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Cox Automotive

36
Curium US

36
Cyber IP Holdings

36
D & D Group PTY

36
Dedon

36
Doosan Machine To…

36
Duke Energy

36
Daniel Measuremen…

36
Daikin Applied Am… ◀

36

What this shows Daikin holds 36 patents at rank #8,776, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Daikin

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,776 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F25B (Refrigeration Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Daikin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F25B (Refrigeration Machines), Daikin ranks #37 of 704 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Cirtec Medical Corporation 39 Tipper Tie, Inc. 39 Norgren Automation Solutions, LLC 39 Adamant Namiki Precision Jewel Co., Ltd. 39

Daikin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% 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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Daikin Applied Americas Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.8%
2016	1	2.8%
2017	7	19.4%
2018	2	5.6%
2019	5	13.9%
2020	12	33.3%
2021	3	8.3%
2022	1	2.8%
2023	2	5.6%
2024	1	2.8%
2025partial year	1	2.8%

Which technologies does Daikin Applied Americas Inc. patent most?

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 31

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 13

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 12

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 11

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 7

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 4

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 3

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 3

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 2

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 2

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Daikin Applied Americas Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Daikin Applied Americas Inc.'s lead technology class is F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems), 86.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F25B
Ranked #8,776 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Daikin Applied Americas Inc. against Cox Automotive, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.7/100 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

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