Where does Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd. ranks #10,810 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 Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd. hold?

Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 37.9 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd. focus on?

Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 24 patents, ranking #129 of 1,603 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +2000% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd.'s patents average 14.8 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 Valeo Kapec 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

Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: F16H (Gearing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Valeo ranks #10,810 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 9 technology areas.

#10,810
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (37.9/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: +2000%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10810 · Foreign Corporation #10,810 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,810/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Universite DE Liege
CPC-NARROW F16H · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +2000% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Universite DE Liege (±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 Valeo’s 37.9 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 11.7 pts (31%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 10.6 pts (28%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
KAI R&D Center · near

38
Krohne · near

38
Omicron · near

38
Skyline Partners… · near

38
Valeo Kapec · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Valeo's Innovation Score is 37.9/100 (top 42% 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 Valeo?

Each dot is one of Valeo’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). Valeo’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Valeo's grants concentrate

Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 82.8% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Valeo sits between Universite DE Liege and Vector Launch Inc..

Valeo's three-year grant acceleration

Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Universite DE Lie…

29
Universite DE Poi…

29
Unlimiter MFA

29
Upside Foods

29
Vectura Delivery…

29
Volvo Penta

29
Valo Health

29
Vector Launch

29
Valeo Kapec ◀

29

What this shows Valeo holds 29 patents at rank #10,809, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Valeo

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,809 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Valeo, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16H (Gearing), Valeo ranks #129 of 1,603 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Skyline Partners Technology LLC 38 Omicron electronics GmbH 38 KAI R&D Center Co., Ltd. 38 Krohne AG 38

Valeo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	3.4%
2020	4	13.8%
2021	6	20.7%
2022	4	13.8%
2023	4	13.8%
2024	3	10.3%
2025partial year	7	24.1%

Which technologies does Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd. patent most?

F16H - Gearing 24

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 17

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 11

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 8

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 7

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 5

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 82.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #10,810 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd. against Universite DE Liege, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.9/100 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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