Where does Kuka Systems North America LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kuka Systems North America LLC ranks #36,166 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 North America LLC hold?

Kuka Systems North America LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Kuka Systems North America LLC's Innovation Score?

Kuka Systems North America LLC has an Innovation Score of 46.2 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kuka Systems North America LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kuka Systems North America LLC's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Kuka Systems North America LLC's patents?

Kuka Systems North America LLC's patents average 15.0 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 North America LLC 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 US Corporation

Kuka Systems North America LLC

Q: What technology areas does Kuka Systems North America LLC focus on?

Kuka Systems North America LLC's top technology area is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kuka ranks #36,166 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 8 technology areas.

#36,166
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.2/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36166 · US Corporation #36,166 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,166/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH KT Projektentwicklungs
CPC-NARROW B25J · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: KT Projektentwicklungs GmbH (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kuka Systems North… · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kuka's Innovation Score is 46.2/100 (top 21% 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.

Where Kuka's grants concentrate

Kuka Systems North America LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Kuka sits between KT Projektentwicklungs GmbH and Kyoto Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd..

Kuka's three-year grant acceleration

Kuka Systems North America LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

KT Projektentwick…

7
Kuantag Nanotekno…

7
Kuhn Krause

7
Kuiu

7
Kure

7
Kuros Biosciences

7
Kyocera SOC

7
Kyoto Pharmaceuti…

7
Kuka Systems Nort… ◀

7

What this shows Kuka holds 7 patents at rank #36,110, 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 #36,110 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25J (Manipulators)

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

Kuka's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

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 North America LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	28.6%
2020	1	14.3%
2023	2	28.6%
2024	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Kuka Systems North America LLC patent most?

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 5

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 4

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 3

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 2

B30B - Presses IN General 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

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 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#36,166

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Kuka Systems North America LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kuka Systems North America LLC's lead technology class is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25J
Ranked #36,166 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kuka Systems North America LLC against KT Projektentwicklungs GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.2/100 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

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.