Where does Yakima Products, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Yakima Products, Inc. ranks #5,562 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 Yakima Products, Inc. hold?

Yakima Products, Inc. holds 62 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Yakima Products, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Yakima Products, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.9 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Yakima Products, Inc. focus on?

Yakima Products, Inc.'s top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 35 patents, ranking #134 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Yakima Products, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Yakima Products, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +11% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Yakima Products, Inc.'s patents?

Yakima Products, Inc.'s patents average 9.6 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 Yakima Products, 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 US Corporation

Yakima Products, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 62 granted patents across 10 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Yakima ranks #5,562 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 62 patents across 10 technology areas.

#5,562
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.9/100): 9.6
avg claims per patent: +11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5562 · US Corporation #5,562 · 62 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 62 grants
UPPER-Q #5,562/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ebm-papst St…
CPC-FOCUS B60R · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ebm-papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co. KG (±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 Yakima’s 35.9 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 14.3 pts (40%) Velocity 4.6 pts (13%) Breadth 11.2 pts (31%) Claim depth 5.7 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Agrivida · near

36
Invincea · near

36
Yakima Products · this assignee

36
SPX Cooling · near

36
Yellowbrick Data · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Yakima's Innovation Score is 35.9/100 (top 48% 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 Yakima?

Each dot is one of Yakima’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). Yakima’s own 9.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Yakima's grants concentrate

Yakima Products, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 56.5% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (13 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Yakima sits between Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG and Airbus DS GMBH.

Yakima's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Yakima Products, Inc. moved from 23 to 16 grants (0.70x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Unify Patente & KG

62
Wildcat Discovery

62
Yoke Industrial

62
Young Lighting Te…

62
ebm-papst St Geor…

62
eldolab Holding B…

62
Yakima Products ◀

62
Accelink

61
Airbus DS

61

What this shows Yakima holds 62 patents at rank #5,562, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Yakima

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,562 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Yakima, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60R (Vehicles), Yakima ranks #134 of 1,969 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Invincea, Inc. 36 Agrivida, Inc. 36 Yellowbrick Data, Inc. 36 SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc. 36

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.6 here).

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd. 9.6 avg Minebea Mitsumi Inc. 9.6 avg Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC 9.5 avg Cygames, Inc. 9.6 avg

Yakima's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% 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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Yakima Products, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	4.8%
2016	9	14.5%
2017	3	4.8%
2018	5	8.1%
2019	8	12.9%
2020	13	21.0%
2021	2	3.2%
2022	6	9.7%
2023	4	6.5%
2024	6	9.7%
2025partial year	3	4.8%

Which technologies does Yakima Products, Inc. patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 35

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 6

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 3

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B60D - Vehicle Connections 1

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 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Yakima Products, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Yakima Products, Inc.'s lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 56.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #5,562 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Yakima Products, Inc. against Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.9/100 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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