Where does K Sciences GP, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), K Sciences GP, LLC ranks #29,182 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 K Sciences GP, LLC hold?

K Sciences GP, LLC holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is K Sciences GP, LLC's Innovation Score?

K Sciences GP, LLC has an Innovation Score of 29.3 out of 100 (30th 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 K Sciences GP, LLC focus on?

K Sciences GP, LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 7 patents, ranking #2,341 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is K Sciences GP, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

K Sciences GP, LLC's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 K Sciences GP, LLC's patents?

K Sciences GP, LLC's patents average 21.7 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 K Sciences GP, 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

K Sciences GP, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, K ranks #29,182 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 3 technology areas.

#29,182
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.3/100): 21.7
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29182 · US Corporation #29,182 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,182/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Johnson Matthey…
CPC-NARROW A61B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Johnson Matthey Hydrogen Technologies Limited (±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 K’s 29.3 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 8.0 pts (27%) Velocity 2.2 pts (8%) Breadth 6.1 pts (21%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (44%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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K Sciences GP · this assignee

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What this shows K's Innovation Score is 29.3/100 (30th 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 K?

Each dot is one of K’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). K’s own 21.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where K's grants concentrate

K Sciences GP, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, K sits between Johnson Matthey Hydrogen Technologies Limited and KAI Pharmaceuticals, Inc..

K's three-year grant acceleration

K Sciences GP, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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What this shows K holds 9 patents at rank #29,157, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near K

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,157 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

K's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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K Sciences GP, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	11.1%
2016	1	11.1%
2017	1	11.1%
2018	2	22.2%
2019	1	11.1%
2020	1	11.1%
2021	1	11.1%
2023	1	11.1%

Which technologies does K Sciences GP, LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

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

K Sciences GP, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

K Sciences GP, LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #29,182 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare K Sciences GP, LLC against Johnson Matthey Hydrogen Technologies Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.3/100 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.