Where does GS Yuasa International Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GS Yuasa International Ltd. ranks #704 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 GS Yuasa International Ltd. hold?

GS Yuasa International Ltd. holds 645 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 58 technology areas.

What is GS Yuasa International Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

GS Yuasa International Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 61.0 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 GS Yuasa International Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GS Yuasa International Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -26% 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 GS Yuasa International Ltd.'s patents?

GS Yuasa International Ltd.'s patents average 13.5 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 GS Yuasa International 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

GS Yuasa International Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does GS Yuasa International Ltd. focus on?

GS Yuasa International Ltd.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 581 patents. Grants appear in 58 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 645 granted patents across 58 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GS ranks #704 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 645 patents across 58 technology areas.

#704
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.0/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: -26%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R704 · Foreign Corporation #704 · 645 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 645 grants
TOP-DECILE #704/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Siemens Energy
CPC-WIDE Y02E · 58 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -26% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Siemens Energy, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cambridge Enterprise · near

61
FMR · near

61
GS Yuasa International · this assignee

61
Nanotronics Imaging · near

61
Nova Chemicals… · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GS's Innovation Score is 61.0/100 (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 GS's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, GS Yuasa International Ltd. received 259 grants versus 348 in 2015–2019 (-26% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 87 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 43. Lead class Y02E accounts for 90.1% of the portfolio across 58 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Continental Automotive Systems Inc. (#700) and Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (#708).

GS's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, GS Yuasa International Ltd. moved from 174 to 145 grants (0.83x 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 #1,710. See the growth leaderboard.

Continental Autom…

648
City University O…

646
Goertek

646
Palo Alto Networks

646
Siemens Energy

645
GS Yuasa Internat… ◀

645
Vanderbilt Univer…

642
Abbott Cardiovasc…

640
Mitsubishi Materi…

640

What this shows GS holds 645 patents at rank #704, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GS

By rank, the assignees closest to #704 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

FMR LLC 61 Cambridge Enterprise Limited 61 Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. 61 Nova Chemicals (International) S.A. 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.5 here).

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 13.5 avg Electrolux Home Products, Inc. 13.5 avg Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation 13.5 avg Techtronic Cordless GP 13.5 avg

GS'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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GS Yuasa International Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	61	9.5%
2016	69	10.7%
2017	71	11.0%
2018	87	13.5%
2019	60	9.3%
2020	66	10.2%
2021	48	7.4%
2022	59	9.1%
2023	43	6.7%
2024	43	6.7%
2025partial year	38	5.9%

Which technologies does GS Yuasa International Ltd. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 581

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 573

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 207

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 170

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 136

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 125

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 110

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 53

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 50

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 32

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 26

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 21

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 18

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 12

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 12

Top 15 of 58 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#704

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.0 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

GS Yuasa International Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GS Yuasa International Ltd.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 90.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #704 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GS Yuasa International Ltd. against Continental Automotive Systems Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.0/100 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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