Where does Fanuc Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fanuc Corporation ranks #95 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 Fanuc Corporation hold?

Fanuc Corporation holds 3,797 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 187 technology areas.

What is Fanuc Corporation's Innovation Score?

Fanuc Corporation has an Innovation Score of 61.2 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fanuc Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fanuc Corporation's recent grant velocity is +12% 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 Fanuc Corporation's patents?

Fanuc Corporation's patents average 7.3 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 Fanuc Corporation 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

Fanuc Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Fanuc Corporation focus on?

Fanuc Corporation's top technology area is G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements) with 1,835 patents. Grants appear in 187 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 3,797 granted patents across 187 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: G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fanuc ranks #95 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 3,797 patents across 187 technology areas.

#95
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.2/100): 7.3
avg claims per patent: +12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R95 · Foreign Corporation #95 · 3,797 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 3.8K grants
TOP-DECILE #95/49,997
NEAR-PEER Massachusetts…
CPC-WIDE G05B · 187 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (±13 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cedars Sinai… · near

61
Fanuc · this assignee

61
The George Washingto… · near

61
Renishaw · near

61
THE University OF… · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fanuc's Innovation Score is 61.2/100 (top 3% 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.

How Fanuc's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Fanuc Corporation received 1,917 grants versus 1,707 in 2015–2019 (+12% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 674 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 106. Lead class G05B accounts for 48.3% of the portfolio across 187 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Monsanto Technology LLC (#91) and KIA Corporation (#99).

Fanuc's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Fanuc Corporation moved from 1,724 to 867 grants (0.50x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,688. See the growth leaderboard.

Monsanto Technolo…

3,956
Blackberry

3,953
Deere &

3,926
Renesas

3,882
Fanuc ◀

3,797
Massachusetts Ins…

3,784
Xerox

3,772
Bayerische Motore…

3,749
KIA

3,712

What this shows Fanuc holds 3,797 patents at rank #95, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fanuc

By rank, the assignees closest to #95 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN General)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Fanuc, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

The George Washington University 61 THE University OF Tokyo 61 Cedars Sinai Medical Center 61 Renishaw PLC 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.3 here).

HAI Robotics Co., Ltd. 7.3 avg Central Japan Railway Comany 7.3 avg JSP Corporation 7.3 avg Komori Corporation 7.3 avg

Fanuc's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Fanuc Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	106	2.8%
2016	206	5.4%
2017	325	8.6%
2018	396	10.4%
2019	674	17.8%
2020	648	17.1%
2021	402	10.6%
2022	425	11.2%
2023	283	7.5%
2024	159	4.2%
2025partial year	173	4.6%

Which technologies does Fanuc Corporation patent most?

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1,835

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 999

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 381

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 379

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 273

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 252

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 230

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 194

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 183

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 179

B23H - Working OF Metal BY THE Action OF A High Concentration OF Electric Current ON A Workpiece Using AN Electrode Which Takes THE Place OF A TOOL; Such Working Combined With Other Forms OF Working OF Metal 165

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 164

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 160

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 136

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 94

Top 15 of 187 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#95

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Fanuc Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fanuc Corporation's lead technology class is G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements), 48.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05B
Ranked #95 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fanuc Corporation against Monsanto Technology LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.2/100 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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