Where does Ulvac Kiko, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ulvac Kiko, Inc. ranks #38,077 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 Ulvac Kiko, Inc. hold?

Ulvac Kiko, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Ulvac Kiko, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ulvac Kiko, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 16.3 out of 100 (4th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ulvac Kiko, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ulvac Kiko, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Ulvac Kiko, Inc.'s patents?

Ulvac Kiko, Inc.'s patents average 3.4 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 Ulvac Kiko, 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

Ulvac Kiko, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Ulvac Kiko, Inc. focus on?

Ulvac Kiko, Inc.'s top technology area is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor) with 1 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ulvac ranks #38,077 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 4 technology areas.

#38,077
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 4th percentile
by Innovation Score (16.3/100): 3.4
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38077 · Foreign Corporation #38,077 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #38,077/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH UDA
CPC-NARROW A61M · 4 areas
INNOV-LOW 16.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: UDA, LLC (±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
Ulvac Kiko · this assignee

16
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ulvac's Innovation Score is 16.3/100 (4th 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.

Where Ulvac's grants concentrate

Ulvac Kiko, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 14.3% of grants classified under A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Ulvac sits between UDA, LLC and Union Tool Co..

UDA

7
Ugolini SPA

7
Uhde

7
UHV

7
Uniam

7
Unicyte EV

7
Uniken

7
Union Tool

7
Ulvac Kiko ◀

7

What this shows Ulvac holds 7 patents at rank #38,049, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ulvac

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,049 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Ulvac's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

16 4th percentile higher than 4% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

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

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Ulvac Kiko, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	28.6%
2017	2	28.6%
2021	3	42.9%

Which technologies does Ulvac Kiko, Inc. patent most?

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#38,077

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

16.3 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

Ulvac Kiko, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ulvac Kiko, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor), 14.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #38,077 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
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Innovation Score of 16.3/100 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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