Where does Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd. ranks #4,121 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 Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd. hold?

Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd. holds 87 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 50 technology areas.

What is Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 48.3 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +5% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd.'s patents average 8.5 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 Kwang Yang Motor 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

Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd. focus on?

Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 21 patents. Grants appear in 50 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 87 granted patents across 50 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kwang ranks #4,121 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 87 patents across 50 technology areas.

#4,121
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.3/100): 8.5
avg claims per patent: +5%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4121 · Foreign Corporation #4,121 · 87 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 87 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,121/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fujikoki
CPC-WIDE Y02T · 50 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +5% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fujikoki Corporation (±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
Faurecia Autositze · near

48
Kardium · near

48
Kwang Yang Motor · this assignee

48
Synaptive Medical… · near

48
Wright Medical… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kwang's Innovation Score is 48.3/100 (top 17% 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.

How Kwang's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd. received 43 grants versus 41 in 2015–2019 (+5% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 16 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 4. Lead class Y02T accounts for 24.1% of the portfolio across 50 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Fujikoki Corporation (#4,117) and NTT Electronics Corporation (#4,125).

Kwang's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd. moved from 37 to 15 grants (0.41x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Fujikoki

87
Glaxosmithkline I…

87
Hunter's Manufact…

87
Ishihara Sangyo K…

87
Luxshare Precisio…

87
Loon

87
Mobitv

87
NTT

87
Kwang Yang Motor ◀

87

What this shows Kwang holds 87 patents at rank #4,121, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kwang

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,121 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kwang, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Faurecia Autositze GmbH 48 Kardium Inc. 48 Synaptive Medical (BARBADOS) Inc. 48 Wright Medical Technology, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.5 here).

Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd. 8.5 avg New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. 8.5 avg Razor USA LLC 8.5 avg Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 8.5 avg

Kwang's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% 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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Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	13.8%
2016	7	8.0%
2017	7	8.0%
2018	6	6.9%
2019	9	10.3%
2020	16	18.4%
2021	12	13.8%
2022	7	8.0%
2023	4	4.6%
2024	4	4.6%
2025partial year	3	3.4%

Which technologies does Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd. patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 21

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 19

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 19

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 13

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 13

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 11

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 10

F16H - Gearing 9

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 6

B62M - Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles 6

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 6

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 4

Top 15 of 50 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,121

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.3 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

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

Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 24.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #4,121 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd. against Fujikoki Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.3/100 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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