Where does Kito Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kito Corporation ranks #7,583 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 Kito Corporation hold?

Kito Corporation holds 43 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Kito Corporation's Innovation Score?

Kito Corporation has an Innovation Score of 37.0 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kito Corporation focus on?

Kito Corporation's top technology area is B66D (CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists) with 26 patents. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kito Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kito Corporation's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Kito Corporation's patents?

Kito Corporation's patents average 6.3 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 Kito Corporation 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

Kito Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 43 granted patents across 11 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: B66D (CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kito ranks #7,583 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 43 patents across 11 technology areas.

#7,583
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (37.0/100): 6.3
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7583 · Foreign Corporation #7,583 · 43 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 43 grants
UPPER-Q #7,583/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Johnson Matthey Davy
CPC-FOCUS B66D · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Limited (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Assa Abloy Residenti… · near

37
Clover Group · near

37
Kito · this assignee

37
NEC (China) · near

37
Synthon B V · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kito's Innovation Score is 37.0/100 (top 45% 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.

Where Kito's grants concentrate

Kito Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 60.5% of grants classified under B66D (CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Kito sits between Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Limited and Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG.

Kito's three-year grant acceleration

Kito Corporation shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Johnson Matthey D…

43
KAI R&D Center

43
Karl Leibinger Me…

43
KEY Foundry

43
Leer Group

43
Lovevery

43
Meps Real-time

43
Miltenyi Biotec B…

43
Kito ◀

43

What this shows Kito holds 43 patents at rank #7,583, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kito

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,583 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66D (Capstans)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kito, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

NEC (China) Co., Ltd. 37 Clover Technologies Group, LLC 37 Synthon B.V. 37 Assa Abloy Residential Group, Inc. 37

Kito's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% 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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Kito Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	14.0%
2016	2	4.7%
2017	5	11.6%
2018	4	9.3%
2019	4	9.3%
2020	3	7.0%
2021	4	9.3%
2022	2	4.7%
2023	3	7.0%
2024	9	20.9%
2025partial year	1	2.3%

Which technologies does Kito Corporation patent most?

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 26

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 6

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 5

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 4

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 4

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 4

F16H - Gearing 3

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 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#7,583

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

37.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Kito Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kito Corporation's lead technology class is B66D (CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists), 60.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66D
Ranked #7,583 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kito Corporation against Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.0/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.