Where does Kuka Roboter GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kuka Roboter GmbH ranks #4,203 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 Kuka Roboter GmbH hold?

Kuka Roboter GmbH holds 85 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is Kuka Roboter GmbH's Innovation Score?

Kuka Roboter GmbH has an Innovation Score of 45.5 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kuka Roboter GmbH focus on?

Kuka Roboter GmbH's top technology area is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices) with 61 patents, ranking #30 of 1,442 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kuka Roboter GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kuka Roboter GmbH's recent grant velocity is -94% 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 Kuka Roboter GmbH's patents?

Kuka Roboter GmbH's patents average 14.8 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 Kuka Roboter GmbH 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

Kuka Roboter GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 85 granted patents across 36 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kuka ranks #4,203 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 85 patents across 36 technology areas.

#4,203
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.5/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: -94%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4203 · Foreign Corporation #4,203 · 85 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 85 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,203/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Holly Hunt Enterprises
CPC-FOCUS B25J · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -94% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Holly Hunt Enterprises, 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 Kuka’s 45.5 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 15.4 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 21.2 pts (47%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kofax · near

45
CaaStle · near

45
Debiotech · near

45
Kuka Roboter · this assignee

45
Poclain Hydraulics… · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kuka's Innovation Score is 45.5/100 (top 23% 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 Kuka?

Each dot is one of Kuka’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). Kuka’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kuka's grants concentrate

Kuka Roboter GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 71.8% of grants classified under B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (23 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Kuka sits between Holly Hunt Enterprises, Inc. and MTG Co., Ltd..

Holly Hunt Enterp…

85
Hunting Titan

85
Iriso

85
Ideavillage Produ…

85
Leedarson Lighting

85
LM Wind Power A/S

85
Levi Strauss &

85
MTG

85
Kuka Roboter ◀

85

What this shows Kuka holds 85 patents at rank #4,203, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kuka

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,203 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25J (Manipulators)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kuka, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B25J (Manipulators), Kuka ranks #30 of 1,442 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Poclain Hydraulics Industrie 45 CaaStle, Inc 45 Debiotech S.A. 45 Kofax, Inc. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.8 here).

Globalfoundries U.S. 2 LLC 14.8 avg Cimpress Schweiz GMBH 14.8 avg CNH Industrial America LLC 14.8 avg Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha 14.8 avg

Kuka's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Kuka Roboter GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	20	23.5%
2016	20	23.5%
2017	23	27.1%
2018	14	16.5%
2019	3	3.5%
2020	4	4.7%
2021	1	1.2%

Which technologies does Kuka Roboter GmbH patent most?

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 61

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 50

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 27

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 9

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 5

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 4

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 2

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 2

F16P - Safety Devices IN GENERAL; ; Safety Devices FOR Presses 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 15 of 36 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

Kuka Roboter GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kuka Roboter GmbH's lead technology class is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices), 71.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25J
Ranked #4,203 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kuka Roboter GmbH against Holly Hunt Enterprises, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.5/100 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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