Where does Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd. ranks #29,233 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 Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd. hold?

Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 41.7 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd. focus on?

Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 9 patents, ranking #375 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd.'s patents average 7.3 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 Kotobukiya Fronte 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

Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kotobukiya ranks #29,233 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 7 technology areas.

#29,233
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.7/100): 7.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29233 · Foreign Corporation #29,233 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,233/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Korea Minting…
CPC-NARROW B60R · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Korea Minting, Security Printing & Idcard Operating Corp. (±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 Kotobukiya’s 41.7 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 8.0 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (48%) Breadth 9.4 pts (22%) Claim depth 4.4 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gomaco · near

42
Hydac Fluidtechnik · near

42
Kotobukiya Fronte · this assignee

42
Sunjoy Industries… · near

42
United Laboratories… · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kotobukiya's Innovation Score is 41.7/100 (top 32% 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 Kotobukiya?

Each dot is one of Kotobukiya’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). Kotobukiya’s own 7.3 claims/patent is at or below the 10.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kotobukiya's grants concentrate

Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Kotobukiya sits between Korea Minting, Security Printing & Idcard Operating Corp. and Kuhn SAS.

Kotobukiya's three-year grant acceleration

Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Korea Minting Sec…

9
Korea United Pharm

9
Korea Wheel

9
Kosme S R L Unipe…

9
Kovea

9
KPS Global

9
KRL Holding

9
Kuhn SAS

9
Kotobukiya Fronte ◀

9

What this shows Kotobukiya holds 9 patents at rank #29,188, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kotobukiya

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,188 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kotobukiya, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60R (Vehicles), Kotobukiya ranks #375 of 1,969 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

United Laboratories International, LLC 42 Sunjoy Industries Group Ltd. 42 Gomaco Corporation 42 Hydac Fluidtechnik GMBH 42

Kotobukiya's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	1	11.1%
2024	6	66.7%
2025partial year	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd. patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 8

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #29,233 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kotobukiya Fronte Co., Ltd. against Korea Minting, Security Printing & Idcard Operating Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.7/100 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

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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