Where does Komatsu America Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Komatsu America Corp. ranks #19,988 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 Komatsu America Corp. hold?

Komatsu America Corp. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Komatsu America Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Komatsu America Corp. has an Innovation Score of 54.4 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Komatsu America Corp. focus on?

Komatsu America Corp.'s top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 4 patents, ranking #1,034 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

Is Komatsu America Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Komatsu America Corp.'s recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Komatsu America Corp.'s patents?

Komatsu America Corp.'s patents average 17.2 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 Komatsu America Corp. 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 US Corporation

Komatsu America Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Komatsu ranks #19,988 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 26 technology areas.

#19,988
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.4/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19988 · US Corporation #19,988 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,988/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kinekt Design
CPC-FOCUS Y02T · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kinekt Design LLC (±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 Komatsu’s 54.4 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 9.4 pts (17%) Velocity 16.7 pts (31%) Breadth 18.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Komatsu America · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Komatsu's Innovation Score is 54.4/100 (top 8% 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 Komatsu?

Each dot is one of Komatsu’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). Komatsu’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Komatsu's grants concentrate

Komatsu America Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 28.6% of grants classified under Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Komatsu sits between Kinekt Design LLC and Krystal Biotech, Inc..

Komatsu's three-year grant acceleration

Komatsu America Corp. shows 5 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.

Kinekt Design

14
Kiswe Mobile

14
Knitpro Internati…

14
Kolbus & KG

14
Kona I

14
Kona Medical

14
Koyo Thermo Syste…

14
Krystal Biotech

14
Komatsu America ◀

14

What this shows Komatsu holds 14 patents at rank #19,990, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Komatsu

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,990 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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

Komatsu's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Komatsu America Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	14.3%
2017	1	7.1%
2019	1	7.1%
2021	1	7.1%
2022	1	7.1%
2023	2	14.3%
2024	2	14.3%
2025partial year	4	28.6%

Which technologies does Komatsu America Corp. patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 4

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 4

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 3

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 3

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 3

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 2

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 2

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 1

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

Top 15 of 26 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

Komatsu America Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Komatsu America Corp.'s lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 28.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #19,988 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Komatsu America Corp. against Kinekt Design LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.4/100 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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