Where does Kuka Systems GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kuka Systems GmbH ranks #10,377 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 Systems GmbH hold?

Kuka Systems GmbH holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Kuka Systems GmbH's Innovation Score?

Kuka Systems GmbH has an Innovation Score of 44.4 out of 100 (top 26% 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 Systems GmbH focus on?

Kuka Systems GmbH's top technology area is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices) with 15 patents, ranking #127 of 1,442 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

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

Kuka Systems GmbH's recent grant velocity is -57% 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 Systems GmbH's patents?

Kuka Systems GmbH's patents average 20.2 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 Kuka Systems 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 Systems GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 32 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kuka ranks #10,377 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 32 technology areas.

#10,377
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.4/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10377 · Foreign Corporation #10,377 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,377/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Isowa
CPC-FOCUS B25J · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kabushiki Kaisha Isowa (±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 44.4 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 11.9 pts (27%) Velocity 0.5 pts (1%) Breadth 20.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kuka Systems · this assignee

44
Pivotal Commware · near

44
Qeexo · near

44
Taris Biomedical · near

44
Tokyo Metropolitan… · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kuka's Innovation Score is 44.4/100 (top 26% 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 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.9 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 Systems GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Kuka sits between Kendrion (VILLINGEN) GMBH and Kohler (China) Investment Co., Ltd..

Kuka's three-year grant acceleration

Kuka Systems GmbH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Kendrion (Villing…

30
Knipex-werk C Gus…

30
Knu-industry Coop…

30
Kount

30
Isowa

30
Kao USA

30
Keystone Tower Sy…

30
Kohler (China) In…

30
Kuka Systems ◀

30

What this shows Kuka holds 30 patents at rank #10,371, 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 #10,371 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 #127 of 1,442 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Qeexo, Co. 44 Tokyo Metropolitan University 44 Pivotal Commware, Inc. 44 Taris Biomedical LLC 44

Kuka's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 · 2015–2022

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 Systems GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	13.3%
2016	4	13.3%
2017	3	10.0%
2018	4	13.3%
2019	6	20.0%
2020	5	16.7%
2021	3	10.0%
2022	1	3.3%

Which technologies does Kuka Systems GmbH patent most?

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 15

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 9

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 9

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 8

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 3

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 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

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

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

Top 15 of 32 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Kuka Systems GmbH's lead technology class is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25J
Ranked #10,377 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kuka Systems GmbH against Kendrion (VILLINGEN) GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.4/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.