Where does DKB Household UK Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DKB Household UK Limited ranks #14,571 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 DKB Household UK Limited hold?

DKB Household UK Limited holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is DKB Household UK Limited's Innovation Score?

DKB Household UK Limited has an Innovation Score of 18.7 out of 100 (5th 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 DKB Household UK Limited focus on?

DKB Household UK Limited's top technology area is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages) with 2 patents, ranking #397 of 793 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is DKB Household UK Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DKB Household UK Limited's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 DKB Household UK Limited's patents?

DKB Household UK Limited'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 DKB Household UK Limited 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

DKB Household UK Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DKB ranks #14,571 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 3 technology areas.

#14,571
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (18.7/100): 3.4
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14571 · Foreign Corporation #14,571 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,571/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Diebold Nixdorf…
CPC-NARROW A47J · 3 areas
INNOV-LOW 18.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Diebold Nixdorf Systems GMBH (±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 DKB’s 18.7 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 10.5 pts (56%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (33%) Claim depth 2.0 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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DKB Household UK · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows DKB's Innovation Score is 18.7/100 (5th 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 DKB?

Each dot is one of DKB’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). DKB’s own 3.4 claims/patent is at or below the 12.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where DKB's grants concentrate

DKB Household UK Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 10% of grants classified under A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, DKB sits between Diebold Nixdorf Systems GMBH and DV International Inc..

Diebold Nixdorf S…

20
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Digital Reasoning…

20
Dipsol Chemicals

20
Doka

20
Dong HEE Industri…

20
DUS Operating

20
DV International

20
DKB Household UK ◀

20

What this shows DKB holds 20 patents at rank #14,563, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DKB

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,563 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47J (Kitchen Equipment)

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

DKB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

19 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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DKB Household UK Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	10.0%
2016	1	5.0%
2017	7	35.0%
2018	6	30.0%
2020	4	20.0%

Which technologies does DKB Household UK Limited patent most?

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 2

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 3 of 3 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

DKB Household UK Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DKB Household UK Limited's lead technology class is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages), 10% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47J
Ranked #14,571 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DKB Household UK Limited against Diebold Nixdorf Systems GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 18.7/100 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

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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.