Where does Konecranes Global Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Konecranes Global Corporation ranks #2,843 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 Konecranes Global Corporation hold?

Konecranes Global Corporation holds 135 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 67 technology areas.

What is Konecranes Global Corporation's Innovation Score?

Konecranes Global Corporation has an Innovation Score of 54.5 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 Konecranes Global Corporation focus on?

Konecranes Global Corporation's top technology area is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles) with 90 patents, ranking #2 of 428 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 67 CPC subclasses total.

Is Konecranes Global Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Konecranes Global Corporation's recent grant velocity is +21% 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 Konecranes Global Corporation's patents?

Konecranes Global Corporation's patents average 14.9 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 Konecranes Global 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

Konecranes Global Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 135 granted patents across 67 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: B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Konecranes ranks #2,843 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 135 patents across 67 technology areas.

#2,843
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.5/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: +21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2843 · Foreign Corporation #2,843 · 135 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 135 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,843/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Geodynamics
CPC-WIDE B66C · 67 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Geodynamics, 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.

How Konecranes’s 54.5 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 17.0 pts (31%) Velocity 3.6 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arkray · near

54
Guangzhou Shiyuan… · near

54
JNC · near

54
Konecranes Global · this assignee

54
Twilio · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Konecranes's Innovation Score is 54.5/100 (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 Konecranes?

Each dot is one of Konecranes’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). Konecranes’s own 14.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Konecranes's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Konecranes Global Corporation received 69 grants versus 57 in 2015–2019 (+21% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 21 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 7. Lead class B66C accounts for 66.7% of the portfolio across 67 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Geodynamics, Inc. (#2,839) and Omnitek Partners LLC (#2,847).

Konecranes's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Konecranes Global Corporation moved from 58 to 31 grants (0.53x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,610. See the growth leaderboard.

Geodynamics

135
Inalfa Roof Syste…

135
Intel Mobile Comm…

135
International Fla…

135
Metra

135
Meyer Intellectua…

135
Nissei ASB Machine

135
Omnitek Partners

135
Konecranes Global ◀

135

What this shows Konecranes holds 135 patents at rank #2,843, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Konecranes

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,843 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66C (Cranes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Konecranes, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B66C (Cranes), Konecranes ranks #2 of 428 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Arkray, Inc. 54 Twilio Inc. 54 JNC Corporation 54 Guangzhou Shiyuan Electronic Technology Company Limited 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.9 here).

Bombardier Transportation GmbH 14.9 avg Intelligent Energy Limited 14.9 avg HP Scitex Ltd. 14.9 avg Lintec OF America, Inc. 14.9 avg

Konecranes'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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Konecranes Global Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	8	5.9%
2017	15	11.1%
2018	14	10.4%
2019	20	14.8%
2020	21	15.6%
2021	17	12.6%
2022	16	11.9%
2023	7	5.2%
2024	8	5.9%
2025partial year	9	6.7%

Which technologies does Konecranes Global Corporation patent most?

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 90

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 38

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 11

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 11

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 8

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 7

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 6

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 6

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 6

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 6

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 5

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 5

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 5

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

Top 15 of 67 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

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

Konecranes Global Corporation's lead technology class is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66C
Ranked #2,843 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Konecranes Global Corporation against Geodynamics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.5/100 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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