Where does Yokogawa Corporation of America rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Yokogawa Corporation of America ranks #33,962 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 Yokogawa Corporation of America hold?

Yokogawa Corporation of America holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Yokogawa Corporation of America's Innovation Score?

Yokogawa Corporation of America has an Innovation Score of 29.9 out of 100 (32nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Yokogawa Corporation of America focus on?

Yokogawa Corporation of America's top technology area is G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume) with 5 patents, ranking #190 of 1,205 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Yokogawa Corporation of America's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Yokogawa Corporation of America's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Yokogawa Corporation of America's patents?

Yokogawa Corporation of America's patents average 24.0 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 Yokogawa Corporation of America 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

Yokogawa Corporation of America

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Yokogawa ranks #33,962 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 5 technology areas.

#33,962
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.9/100): 24.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33962 · US Corporation #33,962 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,962/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Yanfeng Internationa…
CPC-NARROW G01F · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Yokogawa’s 29.9 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 7.6 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (26%) Claim depth 14.4 pts (48%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Yokogawa of America · this assignee

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What this shows Yokogawa's Innovation Score is 29.9/100 (32nd 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 Yokogawa?

Each dot is one of Yokogawa’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). Yokogawa’s own 24.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Yokogawa's grants concentrate

Yokogawa Corporation of America is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Yokogawa sits between Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co., Ltd. and Zeekit Online Shopping Ltd..

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8
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8
Yesvideo

8
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8
Youngblood IP Hol…

8
Yukon Medical

8
Z Advanced Comput…

8
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8
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8

What this shows Yokogawa holds 8 patents at rank #33,950, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Yokogawa

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,950 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01F (Measuring Volume)

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

Yokogawa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Yokogawa Corporation of America patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2016	3	37.5%
2017	1	12.5%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Yokogawa Corporation of America patent most?

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

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

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Yokogawa Corporation of America's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Yokogawa Corporation of America's lead technology class is G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01F
Ranked #33,962 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Yokogawa Corporation of America against Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.9/100 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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