Kai Concepts, LLC
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Kai ranks #15,402 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 7 technology areas.
- #15,402
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 27%
- by Innovation Score (43.9/100)
- 20.0
- avg claims per patent
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R15402 · US Corporation #15,402 · 19 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
- GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
- MID-PACK #15,402/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Kalray
- CPC-NARROW B63B · 7 areas
- INNOV-PAR 43.9/100
- CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
- BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Kalray (±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 Kai’s 43.9 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Kai
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Kai Concepts · this assignee
Kai Concepts · this assignee
44 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Kai's Innovation Score is 43.9/100 (top 27% 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 Kai?
Each dot is one of Kai’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). Kai’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Kai's grants concentrate
Kai Concepts, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 94.7% of grants classified under B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Kai sits between Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Keystone Powdered Metal Company.
Kai's three-year grant acceleration
Kai Concepts, LLC shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.
Who files at Kai's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Kawasaki Railcar…
Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
19 patents
- Kodacloud
Kodacloud Inc.
19 patents
- KVH Industries
KVH Industries, Inc.
19 patents
- Kylin Sanitary Te…
Kylin Sanitary Technology (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
19 patents
- Kalray
Kalray
19 patents
- Kapa Biosystems
Kapa Biosystems, Inc.
19 patents
- Kennedy Krieger I…
Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc.
19 patents
- Keystone Powdered…
Keystone Powdered Metal Company
19 patents
- Kai Concepts ◀
Kai Concepts, LLC
19 patents
What this shows Kai holds 19 patents at rank #15,406, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Kai
By rank, the assignees closest to #15,406 in granted patent volume.
- Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing Co., Ltd. #15,402 · 19 patents
- Kodacloud Inc. #15,403 · 19 patents
- KVH Industries, Inc. #15,404 · 19 patents
- Kylin Sanitary Technology (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. #15,405 · 19 patents
- Kalray #15,407 · 19 patents
- Kapa Biosystems, Inc. #15,408 · 19 patents
- Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc. #15,409 · 19 patents
- Keystone Powdered Metal Company #15,410 · 19 patents
Leaders in B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Kai's primary technology class.
- Brunswick Corporation 196 in class
- United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force 141 in class
- Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha 140 in class
- Itrec B.V. 83 in class
- MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC 63 in class
- Furuno Electric Company Limited 51 in class
- PGS Geophysical AS 49 in class
- Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. 49 in class
Kai's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 10.5% |
| 2021 | 4 | 21.1% |
| 2022 | 2 | 10.5% |
| 2023 | 3 | 15.8% |
| 2024 | 6 | 31.6% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 10.5% |
Which technologies does Kai Concepts, LLC patent most?
Top 7 of 7 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Kai Concepts, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Kai Concepts, LLC's lead technology class is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping), 94.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63B
- Ranked #15,402 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Kai Concepts, LLC against Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 43.9/100 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.
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.