Where does Kason Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kason Industries, Inc. ranks #8,232 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 Kason Industries, Inc. hold?

Kason Industries, Inc. holds 39 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Kason Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kason Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.4 out of 100 (48th 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 Kason Industries, Inc. focus on?

Kason Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is F25D (REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 11 patents, ranking #58 of 588 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kason Industries, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kason Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -23% 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 Kason Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Kason Industries, Inc.'s patents average 8.2 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 Kason Industries, 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

Kason Industries, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 39 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: F25D (REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kason ranks #8,232 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 39 patents across 17 technology areas.

#8,232
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.4/100): 8.2
avg claims per patent: -23%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8232 · US Corporation #8,232 · 39 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 39 grants
UPPER-Q #8,232/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Japanese Foundation…
CPC-FOCUS F25D · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -23% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research (±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 Kason’s 34.4 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 12.7 pts (37%) Velocity 2.2 pts (6%) Breadth 14.6 pts (42%) Claim depth 4.9 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kason Industries · this assignee

34
Surface & KG · near

34
Harting · near

34
Netsuite · near

34
Component Hardware… · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kason's Innovation Score is 34.4/100 (48th 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 Kason?

Each dot is one of Kason’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). Kason’s own 8.2 claims/patent is at or below the 11.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kason's grants concentrate

Kason Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 28.2% of grants classified under F25D (REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Kason sits between Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research and Lamberti SPA.

Kason's three-year grant acceleration

Kason Industries, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Japanese Foundati…

39
Kotobuki &

39
KSB Aktiengesells…

39
Kuang-chi Innovat…

39
Key Technology

39
Kid Stuff Marketi…

39
Lacks Enterprises

39
Lamberti SPA

39
Kason Industries ◀

39

What this shows Kason holds 39 patents at rank #8,234, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kason

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,234 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F25D (Refrigerators)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kason, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F25D (Refrigerators), Kason ranks #58 of 588 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Surface Technologies GMBH & Co. KG 34 Netsuite Inc. 34 Harting Electronics GmbH 34 Component Hardware Group, Inc. 34

Kason's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Kason Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	20.5%
2016	6	15.4%
2017	3	7.7%
2018	2	5.1%
2019	3	7.7%
2020	10	25.6%
2021	2	5.1%
2022	3	7.7%
2023	1	2.6%
2024	1	2.6%

Which technologies does Kason Industries, Inc. patent most?

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 7

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 6

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 6

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 4

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 3

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 2

Top 15 of 17 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

Kason Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kason Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is F25D (REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 28.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F25D
Ranked #8,232 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kason Industries, Inc. against Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.4/100 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

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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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