Where does Kandou Labs SA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kandou Labs SA ranks #1,678 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 Kandou Labs SA hold?

Kandou Labs SA holds 245 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Kandou Labs SA's Innovation Score?

Kandou Labs SA has an Innovation Score of 54.6 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kandou Labs SA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kandou Labs SA's recent grant velocity is -1% 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 Kandou Labs SA's patents?

Kandou Labs SA's patents average 19.7 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 Kandou Labs SA 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

Kandou Labs SA

Q: What technology areas does Kandou Labs SA focus on?

Kandou Labs SA's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 206 patents. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 245 granted patents across 30 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kandou ranks #1,678 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 245 patents across 30 technology areas.

#1,678
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.6/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: -1%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1678 · Foreign Corporation #1,678 · 245 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 245 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,678/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Architecture…
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -1% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Architecture Technology Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Abilene Christian… · near

55
Kandou Labs · this assignee

55
Universite Paul… · near

55
Vanguard Internation… · near

55
Windmöller &… · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kandou's Innovation Score is 54.6/100 (top 8% 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.

Where Kandou's grants concentrate

Kandou Labs SA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 84.1% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (35 grants) versus a trough of 10 in 2024. By volume, Kandou sits between University of Cincinnati and The Mitre Corporation.

Kandou's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kandou Labs SA moved from 93 to 62 grants (0.67x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,251. See the growth leaderboard.

University of Cin…

246
Architecture Tech…

245
BMC Software

245
Denso Wave Incorp…

245
Microstrategy Inc…

245
Shenzhen Universi…

245
Telecom Italia S…

245
The Mitre

245
Kandou Labs ◀

245

What this shows Kandou holds 245 patents at rank #1,678, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kandou

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,678 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kandou, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation 55 Windmöller & Hölscher KG 55 Universite Paul SABATIER—TOULOUSE III 55 Abilene Christian University 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.7 here).

Proofpoint, Inc. 19.7 avg AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc. 19.7 avg Open Text SA ULC 19.7 avg VMware LLC 19.7 avg

Kandou's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Kandou Labs SA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	17	6.9%
2016	28	11.4%
2017	20	8.2%
2018	21	8.6%
2019	35	14.3%
2020	34	13.9%
2021	24	9.8%
2022	28	11.4%
2023	24	9.8%
2024	10	4.1%
2025partial year	4	1.6%

Which technologies does Kandou Labs SA patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 206

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 62

H03K - Pulse Technique 55

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 52

H04B - Transmission 51

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 39

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 33

G11C - Static Stores 25

H03F - Amplifiers 23

H04J - Multiplex Communication 19

H03G - Control OF Amplification 15

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 8

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 7

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 6

Top 15 of 30 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,678

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

54.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Kandou Labs SA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kandou Labs SA's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 84.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #1,678 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kandou Labs SA against University of Cincinnati, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.6/100 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

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