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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd. ranks #48,261 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 Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd. hold?

Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2023, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 25.4 out of 100 (17th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd.'s patents average 8.0 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 Kyowa Industrial 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

Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd. focus on?

Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is 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) with 3 patents, ranking #1,663 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2023. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kyowa ranks #48,261 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 8 technology areas.

#48,261
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.4/100): 8.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48261 · Foreign Corporation #48,261 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,261/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kabushikikaisha…
CPC-NARROW B29C · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2023 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kabushikikaisha Matsui Seisakusho (±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 Kyowa’s 25.4 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 6.2 pts (24%) Velocity 4.4 pts (17%) Breadth 10.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 4.8 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kyowa Industrial · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kyowa's Innovation Score is 25.4/100 (17th 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 Kyowa?

Each dot is one of Kyowa’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). Kyowa’s own 8.0 claims/patent is at or below the 11.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kyowa's grants concentrate

Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Kyowa sits between KWS Vegetables B.V. and Kae Sheng Industrial Co., Ltd..

Kyowa's three-year grant acceleration

Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

KWS Vegetables B V

5
Kyma Medical

5
Kyocera Tikitin Oy

5
Kyoto Tool

5
Kyowa Metal Works

5
Kyushu University…

5
Kabushikikaisha M…

5
Kae Sheng Industr…

5
Kyowa Industrial ◀

5

What this shows Kyowa holds 5 patents at rank #48,169, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kyowa

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,169 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Kyowa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	3	60.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd. patent most?

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 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is 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), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #48,261 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd. against KWS Vegetables B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.4/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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