Where does Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd. ranks #36,141 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 Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd. hold?

Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 13.7 out of 100 (2nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s patents average 2.6 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 Koike Sanso Kogyo 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

Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd. focus on?

Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is 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) with 5 patents, ranking #380 of 1,623 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Koike ranks #36,141 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 2 technology areas.

#36,141
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 2nd percentile
by Innovation Score (13.7/100): 2.6
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36141 · Foreign Corporation #36,141 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,141/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Knowles IPC (M) SDN…
CPC-NARROW B23K · 2 areas
INNOV-LOW 13.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD. (±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 Koike’s 13.7 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 7.2 pts (53%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 1.5 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Koike Sanso Kogyo · this assignee

14
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Koike's Innovation Score is 13.7/100 (2nd percentile 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 Koike?

Each dot is one of Koike’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). Koike’s own 2.6 claims/patent is at or below the 17.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Koike's grants concentrate

Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Koike sits between Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD. and Kringstad Ironworks, Inc..

Knowles IPC (M) S…

7
Knoze Jr

7
Kohl's

7
Kohler India Priv…

7
Kongsberg

7
Kraft Tool

7
Kratos

7
Kringstad Ironwor…

7
Koike Sanso Kogyo ◀

7

What this shows Koike holds 7 patents at rank #36,148, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Koike

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,148 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering)

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

Koike's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

14 2nd percentile higher than 2% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2016	2	28.6%
2019	2	28.6%
2020	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd. patent most?

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 5

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 2

Top 2 of 2 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

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

Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is 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), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23K
Ranked #36,141 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd. against Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 13.7/100 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

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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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