Where does The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. ranks #9,644 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 The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. hold?

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.'s Innovation Score?

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.7 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. focus on?

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.'s top technology area is Y02C (Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG]) with 23 patents, ranking #18 of 342 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -67% 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 The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.'s patents?

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.'s patents average 7.7 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 The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. 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

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 34 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: Y02C (Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG]).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #9,644 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 34 technology areas.

#9,644
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (45.7/100): 7.7
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9644 · Foreign Corporation #9,644 · 33 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,644/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Textron Systems
CPC-FOCUS Y02C · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Textron Systems 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.

How The’s 45.7 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 12.2 pts (27%) Velocity 8.3 pts (18%) Breadth 20.6 pts (45%) Claim depth 4.6 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Astronics Advanced… · near

46
CT Energy · near

46
DAS · near

46
Global Industrial… · near

46
The Kansai Electric… · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 45.7/100 (top 22% 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 7.7 claims/patent is at or below the 14.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 69.7% of grants classified under Y02C (Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG]). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, The sits between Textron Systems Corporation and Truth Hardware Corporation.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. shows 5 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.

Textron Systems

33
Thales Alenia Spa…

33
The Henry Group

33
The Joan and Irwi…

33
The Lovesac

33
Transfert Plus So…

33
Trophius Pty

33
Truth Hardware

33
The Kansai Electr… ◀

33

What this shows The holds 33 patents at rank #9,650, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,650 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02C (Capture)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02C (Capture), The ranks #18 of 342 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Global Industrial Distribution Inc. 46 Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems Corp. 46 DAS Co., Ltd. 46 CT Energy Ltd. 46

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% 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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The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	21.2%
2016	9	27.3%
2017	3	9.1%
2018	4	12.1%
2019	1	3.0%
2020	3	9.1%
2023	4	12.1%
2024	1	3.0%
2025partial year	1	3.0%

Which technologies does The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. patent most?

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 23

B01D - Separation 23

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 9

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 9

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 6

F23J - Removal OR Treatment OF Combustion Products OR Combustion RESIDUES; Flues 5

F23L - Supplying AIR OR Non-combustible Liquids OR Gases TO Combustion Apparatus IN General ; Valves OR Dampers Specially Adapted FOR Controlling AIR Supply OR Draught IN Combustion Apparatus ; Inducing Draught IN Combustion APPARATUS; Tops FOR Chimneys OR Ventilating SHAFTS; Terminals FOR Flues 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 3

F23G - Cremation FURNACES; Consuming Waste Products BY Combustion 2

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 2

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 2

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 2

F24T - Geothermal COLLECTORS; Geothermal Systems 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

Top 15 of 34 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.'s lead technology class is Y02C (Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG]), 69.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02C
Ranked #9,644 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. against Textron Systems Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.7/100 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

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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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