Where does KYB Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KYB Corporation ranks #1,096 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 KYB Corporation hold?

KYB Corporation holds 389 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 73 technology areas.

What is KYB Corporation's Innovation Score?

KYB Corporation has an Innovation Score of 58.6 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does KYB Corporation focus on?

KYB Corporation's top technology area is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration) with 145 patents, ranking #4 of 892 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 73 CPC subclasses total.

Is KYB Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

KYB Corporation's recent grant velocity is -55% 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 KYB Corporation's patents?

KYB Corporation's patents average 7.1 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 KYB Corporation 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

KYB Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 389 granted patents across 73 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, KYB ranks #1,096 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 389 patents across 73 technology areas.

#1,096
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.6/100): 7.1
avg claims per patent: -55%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1096 · Foreign Corporation #1,096 · 389 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 389 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,096/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lutron
CPC-WIDE F16F · 73 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -55% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lutron Electronics Co., 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 KYB’s 58.6 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 20.6 pts (35%) Velocity 8.8 pts (15%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 4.3 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aalto University… · near

59
Asmpt Singapore PTE · near

59
Avery Dennison… · near

59
KYB · this assignee

59
National Cheng Kung… · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KYB's Innovation Score is 58.6/100 (top 4% 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 KYB?

Each dot is one of KYB’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). KYB’s own 7.1 claims/patent is at or below the 17.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How KYB's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, KYB Corporation received 116 grants versus 258 in 2015–2019 (-55% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 80 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 11. Lead class F16F accounts for 37.3% of the portfolio across 73 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (#1,092) and Japan Science and Technology Agency (#1,100).

KYB's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, KYB Corporation moved from 64 to 84 grants (1.31x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #629. See the growth leaderboard.

Alliance for Sust…

390
Allison Transmiss…

390
Gen-probe Incorpo…

390
Mitsubishi Jidosh…

390
Lutron

389
Schneider Electri…

389
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389
KYB ◀

389
Japan Science and…

388

What this shows KYB holds 389 patents at rank #1,096, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KYB

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,096 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16F (Springs)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for KYB, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16F (Springs), KYB ranks #4 of 892 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

National Cheng Kung University 59 Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC 59 Aalto University Foundation sr 59 Asmpt Singapore PTE. Ltd. 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.1 here).

Globeride, Inc 7.1 avg Inter Ikea Systems B.V. 7.1 avg Winston Products LLC 7.1 avg DMG Mori Seiki Co., Ltd. 7.1 avg

KYB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

KYB Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	71	18.3%
2017	80	20.6%
2018	75	19.3%
2019	32	8.2%
2020	21	5.4%
2021	11	2.8%
2022	30	7.7%
2023	20	5.1%
2024	34	8.7%
2025partial year	15	3.9%

Which technologies does KYB Corporation patent most?

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 145

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 86

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 75

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 59

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 35

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 31

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 27

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 27

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 25

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 24

F16H - Gearing 21

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 19

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 18

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 15

F01C - Rotary-piston OR Oscillating-piston Machines OR Engines 14

Top 15 of 73 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

KYB Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

KYB Corporation's lead technology class is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration), 37.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16F
Ranked #1,096 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KYB Corporation against Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.6/100 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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