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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kuretake Co., Ltd. ranks #22,877 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 Kuretake Co., Ltd. hold?

Kuretake Co., Ltd. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Kuretake Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Kuretake Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 24.9 out of 100 (16th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kuretake Co., Ltd. focus on?

Kuretake Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing) with 8 patents. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

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

Kuretake Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Kuretake Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Kuretake Co., Ltd.'s patents average 5.4 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 Kuretake 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

Kuretake Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kuretake ranks #22,877 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 3 technology areas.

#22,877
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 16th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.9/100): 5.4
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22877 · Foreign Corporation #22,877 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,877/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kobe Seiko Sho
CPC-NARROW B43K · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (±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
Kuretake · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kuretake's Innovation Score is 24.9/100 (16th percentile 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 Kuretake's grants concentrate

Kuretake Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Kuretake sits between Kodiak Sciences Inc. and Kamterter Products, LLC.

Kuretake's three-year grant acceleration

Kuretake Co., Ltd. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Kodiak Sciences

12
Kop-coat

12
Kreemo

12
Kudos Pharmaceuti…

12
Kyndi

12
Kobe Seiko Sho

12
Kaiam

12
Kamterter Products

12
Kuretake ◀

12

What this shows Kuretake holds 12 patents at rank #22,857, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kuretake

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,857 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing)

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

Kuretake's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 16th percentile higher than 16% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Kuretake Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	16.7%
2017	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	4	33.3%
2022	1	8.3%
2023	3	25.0%

Which technologies does Kuretake Co., Ltd. patent most?

B43K - Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing 8

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 4

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,877

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

24.9 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

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

Kuretake Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B43K
Ranked #22,877 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kuretake Co., Ltd. against Kodiak Sciences Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.9/100 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.