Where does Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki ranks #818 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 Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki hold?

Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki holds 561 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 99 technology areas.

What is Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki's Innovation Score?

Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki has an Innovation Score of 61.5 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%).

What technology areas does Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki focus on?

Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki's top technology area is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices) with 215 patents, ranking #6 of 1,442 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 99 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki's patents?

Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki's patents average 15.0 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 Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki 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

Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 561 granted patents across 99 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: B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kabushiki ranks #818 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 561 patents across 99 technology areas.

#818
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.5/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R818 · Foreign Corporation #818 · 561 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 561 grants
TOP-DECILE #818/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Arts
CPC-WIDE B25J · 99 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Electronic Arts 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 Kabushiki’s 61.5 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 21.9 pts (36%) Velocity 5.7 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AyDeeKay · near

62
Barco · near

62
Beijing Jiaotong… · near

62
Pacific Biosciences… · near

62
Yaskawa Denki · this assignee

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kabushiki's Innovation Score is 61.5/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Kabushiki?

Each dot is one of Kabushiki’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). Kabushiki’s own 15.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Kabushiki's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki received 182 grants versus 363 in 2015–2019 (-50% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 123 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 31. Lead class B25J accounts for 38.3% of the portfolio across 99 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Polaris Industries Inc. (#814) and Dümmen Group B.V. (#822).

Kabushiki's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki moved from 120 to 102 grants (0.85x 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 #1,662. See the growth leaderboard.

Polaris Industries

563
Under Armour

563
Arts

561
Gilead Sciences

561
Yaskawa Denki ◀

561
Toto

560
Unicharm

560
Valeo Vision

559
Dümmen Group B V

558

What this shows Kabushiki holds 561 patents at rank #818, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kabushiki

By rank, the assignees closest to #818 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25J (Manipulators)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kabushiki, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B25J (Manipulators), Kabushiki ranks #6 of 1,442 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc. 62 Barco N.V. 62 AyDeeKay LLC 62 Beijing Jiaotong University 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.0 here).

Life Spine, Inc. 15.0 avg The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 15.0 avg Vrije Universiteit Brussel 15.0 avg National Taiwan University 15.0 avg

Kabushiki's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 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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Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	123	21.9%
2016	95	16.9%
2017	55	9.8%
2018	50	8.9%
2019	40	7.1%
2020	43	7.7%
2021	37	6.6%
2022	38	6.8%
2023	33	5.9%
2024	31	5.5%
2025partial year	16	2.9%

Which technologies does Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki patent most?

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 215

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 198

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 95

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 75

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 70

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 65

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 43

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 36

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 35

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 30

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 27

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 23

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 21

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 20

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 17

Top 15 of 99 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

Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki's lead technology class is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices), 38.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25J
Ranked #818 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki against Polaris Industries Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.5/100 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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