Where does Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc. ranks #22,852 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 Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc. hold?

Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 49.5 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc.'s patents?

Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc.'s patents average 10.8 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 Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc. 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

Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc. focus on?

Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc.'s top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 5 patents, ranking #336 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kalamazoo ranks #22,852 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 16 technology areas.

#22,852
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.5/100): 10.8
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22852 · US Corporation #22,852 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,852/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH JointVue
CPC-FOCUS A23L · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: JointVue, LLC (±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 Kalamazoo’s 49.5 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 8.9 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 14.1 pts (28%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kalamazoo Holdings · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kalamazoo's Innovation Score is 49.5/100 (top 15% 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 Kalamazoo?

Each dot is one of Kalamazoo’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). Kalamazoo’s own 10.8 claims/patent is at or below the 12.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kalamazoo's grants concentrate

Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 41.7% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Kalamazoo sits between JointVue, LLC and Kerneos.

Kalamazoo's three-year grant acceleration

Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Jointvue

12
Jozef Stefan Inst…

12
K/S Himpp

12
Somic Ishikawa

12
KAO

12
KC IP Holdings

12
Kenford Industrial

12
Kerneos

12
Kalamazoo Holdings ◀

12

What this shows Kalamazoo holds 12 patents at rank #22,844, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kalamazoo

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,844 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Kalamazoo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	16.7%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	1	8.3%
2023	4	33.3%
2024	3	25.0%

Which technologies does Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc. patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 5

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 4

C12Y - Enzymes 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 4

C12C - BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer 3

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 3

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 2

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 2

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 2

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc.'s lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 41.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #22,852 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kalamazoo Holdings, Inc. against JointVue, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.5/100 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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