Where does Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd. ranks #3,306 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 Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd. hold?

Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd. holds 113 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 46.7 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd. focus on?

Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 82 patents, ranking #53 of 1,603 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +27% 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 Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd.'s patents average 8.7 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 Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., 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

Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 113 granted patents across 32 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: F16H (Gearing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kanzaki ranks #3,306 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 113 patents across 32 technology areas.

#3,306
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.7/100): 8.7
avg claims per patent: +27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3306 · Foreign Corporation #3,306 · 113 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 113 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,306/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Federal-mogul Ignition
CPC-FOCUS F16H · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Federal-mogul Ignition 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 Kanzaki’s 46.7 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 16.4 pts (35%) Velocity 5.1 pts (11%) Breadth 20.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 5.2 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
FMC Kongsberg… · near

47
Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG · this assignee

47
Miso Robotics · near

47
Rohm and Haas… · near

47
Toyo Tanso · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kanzaki's Innovation Score is 46.7/100 (top 20% 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 Kanzaki?

Each dot is one of Kanzaki’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). Kanzaki’s own 8.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kanzaki's grants concentrate

Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 72.6% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (21 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2018. By volume, Kanzaki sits between Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH and Pass & Seymour, Inc..

Kanzaki's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd. moved from 39 to 30 grants (0.77x 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 #1,938. See the growth leaderboard.

Federal-mogul Ign…

113
Golba

113
Georgia State Uni…

113
Idemia France

113
Medicalip

113
Mikuni

113
Panasonic I-pro S…

113
Pass & Seymour

113
Kanzaki Kokyukoki… ◀

113

What this shows Kanzaki holds 113 patents at rank #3,306, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kanzaki

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,306 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kanzaki, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16H (Gearing), Kanzaki ranks #53 of 1,603 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials CMP Holdings, Inc. 47 FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS 47 Toyo Tanso Co., Ltd. 47 Miso Robotics, Inc. 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.7 here).

Sears Brands, L.L.C. 8.7 avg Pacific Market International, LLC 8.7 avg Shinkawa Ltd. 8.7 avg Changzhou University 8.7 avg

Kanzaki's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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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Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	8.8%
2016	13	11.5%
2017	12	10.6%
2018	5	4.4%
2019	8	7.1%
2020	21	18.6%
2021	10	8.8%
2022	8	7.1%
2023	13	11.5%
2024	9	8.0%
2025partial year	4	3.5%

Which technologies does Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd. patent most?

F16H - Gearing 82

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 60

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 43

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 18

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 17

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 13

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 13

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 12

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 10

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

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 6

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 6

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 5

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 5

F03C - Positive-displacement Engines Driven BY Liquids 4

Top 15 of 32 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

Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 72.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #3,306 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kanzaki Kokyukoki MFG. Co., Ltd. against Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.7/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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