Where does Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha ranks #249 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 Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha hold?

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha holds 1,705 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 262 technology areas.

What is Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha's Innovation Score?

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha has an Innovation Score of 60.9 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 Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha focus on?

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha's top technology area is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices) with 328 patents, ranking #5 of 1,442 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 262 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha's recent grant velocity is -6% 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 Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha's patents?

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha's patents average 9.3 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 Kawasaki Jukogyo 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

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,705 granted patents across 262 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, Kawasaki ranks #249 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,705 patents across 262 technology areas.

#249
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.9/100): 9.3
avg claims per patent: -6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R249 · Foreign Corporation #249 · 1,705 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.7K grants
TOP-DECILE #249/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HTC
CPC-BROAD B25J · 262 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HTC Corporation (±4 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 Kawasaki’s 60.9 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 25.7 pts (42%) Velocity 4.6 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 5.6 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Agco International · near

61
Kawasaki Jukogyo · this assignee

61
KHS · near

61
Paccar · near

61
Trimble · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kawasaki's Innovation Score is 60.9/100 (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 Kawasaki?

Each dot is one of Kawasaki’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). Kawasaki’s own 9.3 claims/patent is at or below the 14.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Kawasaki's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha received 768 grants versus 820 in 2015–2019 (-6% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 193 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 96. Lead class B25J accounts for 19.2% of the portfolio across 262 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. (#245) and Rockwell Collins, Inc. (#253).

Kawasaki's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha moved from 554 to 385 grants (0.69x 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 #2,170. See the growth leaderboard.

Hitachi Automotiv…

1,718
Xilinx

1,718
Wuhan China Star…

1,717
HTC

1,709
Kawasaki Jukogyo ◀

1,705
Gopro

1,698
Purdue Research F…

1,690
Intuit

1,684
Rockwell Collins

1,679

What this shows Kawasaki holds 1,705 patents at rank #249, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kawasaki

By rank, the assignees closest to #249 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25J (Manipulators)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kawasaki, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B25J (Manipulators), Kawasaki ranks #5 of 1,442 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Paccar Inc 61 KHS GmbH 61 Agco International GmbH 61 Trimble Inc. 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.3 here).

Max Co., Ltd. 9.3 avg Sintokogio, Ltd. 9.3 avg Adeka Corporation 9.3 avg Korea Research Institute OF Bioscience AND Biotechnology 9.3 avg

Kawasaki'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.

View data table

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	138	8.1%
2016	177	10.4%
2017	162	9.5%
2018	172	10.1%
2019	171	10.0%
2020	193	11.3%
2021	190	11.1%
2022	148	8.7%
2023	96	5.6%
2024	141	8.3%
2025partial year	117	6.9%

Which technologies does Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha patent most?

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 328

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 183

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 165

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 130

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 129

F16H - Gearing 115

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 102

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 102

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 97

B61F - Rail Vehicle Suspensions, e.g. Underframes, Bogies OR Arrangements OF Wheel AXLES; Rail Vehicles FOR USE ON Tracks OF Different WIDTH; Preventing Derailing OF Rail VEHICLES; Wheel Guards, Obstruction Removers OR THE Like FOR Rail Vehicles 93

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 92

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 92

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 90

F02C - Gas-turbine PLANTS; AIR Intakes FOR Jet-propulsion PLANTS; Controlling Fuel Supply IN Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants 83

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 79

Top 15 of 262 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

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha's lead technology class is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices), 19.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25J
Ranked #249 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha against Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.9/100 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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