Where does Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha ranks #41,064 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 Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha hold?

Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha's Innovation Score?

Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha has an Innovation Score of 29.6 out of 100 (31st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha's patents?

Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha's patents average 5.7 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 Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha 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

Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha

Q: What technology areas does Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha focus on?

Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha's top technology area is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing) with 6 patents, ranking #198 of 2,095 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Iwata ranks #41,064 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 3 technology areas.

#41,064
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.6/100): 5.7
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41064 · Foreign Corporation #41,064 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,064/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Icaros
CPC-NARROW F16B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Icaros 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 Iwata’s 29.6 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 6.7 pts (23%) Velocity 13.3 pts (45%) Breadth 6.1 pts (21%) Claim depth 3.4 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Iwata Bolt · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Iwata's Innovation Score is 29.6/100 (31st 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 Iwata?

Each dot is one of Iwata’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). Iwata’s own 5.7 claims/patent is at or below the 13.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Iwata's grants concentrate

Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Iwata sits between IVC BV and Idaax Technologies Private Limited.

Iwata's three-year grant acceleration

Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

IVC BV

6
Iview Therapeutics

6
IVP Holdings III

6
Ivtouch

6
Iworkhub

6
Izun Pharmaceutic…

6
Icaros

6
Idaax Private

6
Iwata Bolt ◀

6

What this shows Iwata holds 6 patents at rank #40,945, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Iwata

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,945 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

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

Iwata's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	33.3%
2020	1	16.7%
2024	2	33.3%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha patent most?

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

B21H - Making Particular Metal Objects BY Rolling, e.g. Screws, Wheels, Rings, Barrels, Balls 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha's lead technology class is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16B
Ranked #41,064 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha against IVC BV, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.6/100 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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