Where does GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC ranks #40,437 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 GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC hold?

GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC's Innovation Score?

GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC has an Innovation Score of 31.0 out of 100 (36th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC's patents?

GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC's patents average 15.5 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 GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC 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

GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC

Q: What technology areas does GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC focus on?

GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC's top technology area is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing) with 5 patents, ranking #1,113 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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: B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GKN ranks #40,437 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 18 technology areas.

#40,437
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.0/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40437 · US Corporation #40,437 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,437/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gim-hwa Enterprise
CPC-FOCUS B29C · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gim-hwa Enterprise 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 GKN’s 31.0 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 6.7 pts (22%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows GKN's Innovation Score is 31.0/100 (36th 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 GKN?

Each dot is one of GKN’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). GKN’s own 15.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where GKN's grants concentrate

GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, GKN sits between Gim-hwa Enterprise Co., Ltd. and Glory Metal Products Manufacturing Ltd..

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What this shows GKN holds 6 patents at rank #40,393, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GKN

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,393 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

GKN's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	4	66.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%

Which technologies does GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC patent most?

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 5

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

D04C - Braiding OR Manufacture OF Lace, Including Bobbin-net OR Carbonised LACE; Braiding MACHINES; BRAID; Lace 2

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 2

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 1

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

Top 15 of 18 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

GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC's lead technology class is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #40,437 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GKN Aerospace Services Structures LLC against Gim-hwa Enterprise Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.0/100 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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