Where does KAO Corporation S.a. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KAO Corporation S.a. ranks #22,854 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does KAO Corporation S.a. hold?

KAO Corporation S.a. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is KAO Corporation S.a.'s Innovation Score?

KAO Corporation S.a. has an Innovation Score of 31.1 out of 100 (top 63% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is KAO Corporation S.a.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

KAO Corporation S.a.'s recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for KAO Corporation S.a.'s patents?

KAO Corporation S.a.'s patents average 14.8 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 KAO Corporation S.a. 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

KAO Corporation S.a.

Q: What technology areas does KAO Corporation S.a. focus on?

KAO Corporation S.a.'s top technology area is C11D (DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 8 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: C11D (DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, KAO ranks #22,854 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 8 technology areas.

#22,854
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 63%
by Innovation Score (31.1/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22854 · Foreign Corporation #22,854 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,854/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Jozef Stefan Institute
CPC-NARROW C11D · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Jozef Stefan Institute (±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
KAO · this assignee

31
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows KAO's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (top 63% 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 KAO's grants concentrate

KAO Corporation S.a. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 41.7% of grants classified under C11D (DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, KAO sits between Jozef Stefan Institute and Kingbright Electronics Co. Ltd..

Jozef Stefan Inst…

12
K/S Himpp

12
Somic Ishikawa

12
Kalamazoo Holdings

12
KC IP Holdings

12
Kenford Industrial

12
Kerneos

12
Kingbright

12
KAO ◀

12

What this shows KAO holds 12 patents at rank #22,845, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KAO

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,845 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C11D (Detergent Compositions)

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

KAO's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 Top 63% higher than 37% of 50,000 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 · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

View data table

KAO Corporation S.a. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	16.7%
2016	1	8.3%
2017	2	16.7%
2018	1	8.3%
2020	4	33.3%
2022	1	8.3%
2023	1	8.3%

Which technologies does KAO Corporation S.a. patent most?

C11D - DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL 5

A61Q - SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETRY PREPARATIONS 4

A61K - PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES 4

C05G - MIXTURES OF FERTILISERS COVERED INDIVIDUALLY BY DIFFERENT SUBCLASSES OF CLASS C05; MIXTURES OF ONE OR MORE FERTILISERS WITH MATERIALS NOT HAVING A SPECIFIC FERTILISING ACTIVITY, e.g. PESTICIDES, SOIL-CONDITIONERS, WETTING AGENTS ; FERTILISERS CHARACTERISED BY THEIR FORM 2

B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS 2

C07C - ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS 2

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS 1

C09D - COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,854

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

31.1 out of 100

View all rankings →

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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.