Where does KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd. ranks #24,677 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 Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd. hold?

KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 22.4 out of 100 (10th 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 KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd. focus on?

KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration) with 11 patents, ranking #83 of 892 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +75% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd.'s patents?

KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd.'s patents average 5.5 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 KYB Motorcycle Suspension 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

KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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 #24,677 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 3 technology areas.

#24,677
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.4/100): 5.5
avg claims per patent: +75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24677 · Foreign Corporation #24,677 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,677/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kadant
CPC-NARROW F16F · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kadant 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 22.4 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 8.6 pts (38%) Velocity 4.4 pts (20%) Breadth 6.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 3.3 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
KYB Motorcycle… · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KYB's Innovation Score is 22.4/100 (10th 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.

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 5.5 claims/patent is at or below the 14.7 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.

Where KYB's grants concentrate

KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, KYB sits between KP Medcure, Inc. and Kalle GmbH.

KYB's three-year grant acceleration

KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

KP Medcure

11
Kriwan Industrie-…

11
Kverneland Group…

11
Kwai

11
Kyoyu Agri

11
Kyung Dong ONE

11
Kadant

11
Kalle

11
KYB Motorcycle Su… ◀

11

What this shows KYB holds 11 patents at rank #24,647, 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 #24,647 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16F (Springs)

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

KYB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	9.1%
2019	3	27.3%
2020	1	9.1%
2021	2	18.2%
2022	3	27.3%
2024	1	9.1%

Which technologies does KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd. patent most?

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 11

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 7

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 3

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16F
Ranked #24,677 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd. against KP Medcure, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.4/100 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

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