Where does Kimoto Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kimoto Co., Ltd. ranks #16,926 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 Kimoto Co., Ltd. hold?

Kimoto Co., Ltd. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Kimoto Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Kimoto Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 47.0 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kimoto Co., Ltd. focus on?

Kimoto Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 12 patents, ranking #964 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kimoto Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kimoto Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Kimoto Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Kimoto Co., Ltd.'s patents average 12.5 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 Kimoto 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

Kimoto Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 21 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kimoto ranks #16,926 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 21 technology areas.

#16,926
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.0/100): 12.5
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16926 · Foreign Corporation #16,926 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,926/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kanagawa Institute…
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kanagawa Institute OF Industrial Science AND Technology (±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 Kimoto’s 47.0 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 10.0 pts (21%) Velocity 13.3 pts (28%) Breadth 16.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kimoto · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kimoto's Innovation Score is 47.0/100 (top 19% 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 Kimoto?

Each dot is one of Kimoto’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). Kimoto’s own 12.5 claims/patent is at or below the 15.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kimoto's grants concentrate

Kimoto Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 70.6% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Kimoto sits between Kanagawa Institute OF Industrial Science AND Technology and Kratos Integral Holdings, LLC.

Kimoto's three-year grant acceleration

Kimoto Co., Ltd. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Kanagawa Institut…

17
Kayak Software

17
Kaydon Ring & Seal

17
Kids II Hape Join…

17
Kinesio IP

17
Kitaru Innovations

17
Kpit

17
Kratos Integral H…

17
Kimoto ◀

17

What this shows Kimoto holds 17 patents at rank #16,920, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kimoto

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,920 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Kimoto's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% 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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Kimoto Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2016	6	35.3%
2017	1	5.9%
2020	1	5.9%
2021	1	5.9%
2022	1	5.9%
2023	1	5.9%
2024	2	11.8%
2025partial year	3	17.6%

Which technologies does Kimoto Co., Ltd. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 12

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 5

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 4

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 4

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 1

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

Top 15 of 21 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

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

Kimoto Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 70.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #16,926 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kimoto Co., Ltd. against Kanagawa Institute OF Industrial Science AND Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.0/100 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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