Where does Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd. ranks #26,691 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 Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd. hold?

Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 22.5 out of 100 (10th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s patents average 10.5 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 Kokyu Alcohol 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

Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd. focus on?

Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations) with 10 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kokyu ranks #26,691 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 5 technology areas.

#26,691
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.5/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26691 · Foreign Corporation #26,691 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,691/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kinsa
CPC-NARROW A61Q · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kinsa Inc. (±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
Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kokyu's Innovation Score is 22.5/100 (10th 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.

Where Kokyu's grants concentrate

Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Kokyu sits between Kinsa Inc. and Krikey, Inc..

Kinsa

10
Kleantouch

10
Knorr-bremse

10
Kogent Surgical

10
Kongsberg Automot…

10
Kongsberg Defence…

10
Konoshima Chemical

10
Krikey

10
Kokyu Alcohol Kog… ◀

10

What this shows Kokyu holds 10 patents at rank #26,697, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kokyu

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,697 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations)

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

Kokyu's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	10.0%
2017	2	20.0%
2018	2	20.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	3	30.0%
2021	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd. patent most?

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 10

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 10

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#26,691

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

22.5 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

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

Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61Q
Ranked #26,691 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kokyu Alcohol Kogyo Co., Ltd. against Kinsa Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.5/100 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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