Where does Konecranes PLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Konecranes PLC ranks #16,144 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 PLC hold?

Konecranes PLC holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Konecranes PLC's Innovation Score?

Konecranes PLC has an Innovation Score of 37.2 out of 100 (top 44% 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 PLC focus on?

Konecranes PLC's top technology area is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles) with 11 patents, ranking #39 of 428 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Konecranes PLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Konecranes PLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Konecranes PLC's patents?

Konecranes PLC's patents average 16.2 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 Konecranes PLC 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 PLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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 #16,144 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 24 technology areas.

#16,144
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.2/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16144 · Foreign Corporation #16,144 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,144/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kashiv BioSciences
CPC-FOCUS B66C · 24 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kashiv BioSciences, 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 Konecranes’s 37.2 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 10.2 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 17.3 pts (47%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Konecranes · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Konecranes's Innovation Score is 37.2/100 (top 44% 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 16.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.2 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.

Where Konecranes's grants concentrate

Konecranes PLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 61.1% of grants classified under B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Konecranes sits between Kyoshin Kogyo Co., Ltd. and L.I.F.E. Corporation S.A..

Kyoshin Kogyo

18
Kashiv Biosciences

18
Knog Pty

18
Kolor Magnetic (S…

18
Kraton Chemical

18
L-3 Communication…

18
L B Foster

18
L I F E

18
Konecranes ◀

18

What this shows Konecranes holds 18 patents at rank #16,146, 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 #16,146 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66C (Cranes)

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

Konecranes's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Konecranes PLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	61.1%
2016	3	16.7%
2017	2	11.1%
2018	2	11.1%

Which technologies does Konecranes PLC patent most?

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 11

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 3

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 3

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 2

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B61C - LOCOMOTIVES; Motor Railcars 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

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 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

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

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

Top 15 of 24 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

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

Konecranes PLC's lead technology class is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles), 61.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66C
Ranked #16,144 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Konecranes PLC against Kyoshin Kogyo Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.2/100 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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