Where does Katerra Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Katerra Inc. ranks #11,305 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 Katerra Inc. hold?

Katerra Inc. holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2021, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Katerra Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Katerra Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.5 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Katerra Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Katerra Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +340% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Katerra Inc.'s patents?

Katerra Inc.'s patents average 15.5 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 Katerra 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

Katerra Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Katerra Inc. focus on?

Katerra Inc.'s top technology area is H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy) with 9 patents, ranking #573 of 3,143 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 31 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2021. 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: H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Katerra ranks #11,305 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 31 technology areas.

#11,305
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.5/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: +340%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11305 · US Corporation #11,305 · 27 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,305/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Karamba Security
CPC-FOCUS H02J · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +340% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Karamba Security Ltd. (±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 Katerra’s 40.5 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 11.5 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 19.7 pts (49%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Curemark · near

41
GlassPoint Solar · near

41
Katerra · this assignee

41
McMaster-Carr Supply · near

41
MicroCube · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Katerra's Innovation Score is 40.5/100 (top 35% 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 Katerra?

Each dot is one of Katerra’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). Katerra’s own 15.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Katerra's grants concentrate

Katerra Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Katerra sits between Kony, Inc. and Kolmar Korea Co., Ltd..

Kony

27
Korea Institute O…

27
Kostal Automobil…

27
Karamba Security

27
Keeson Technology

27
Kleemann

27
Koko Home

27
Kolmar Korea

27
Katerra ◀

27

What this shows Katerra holds 27 patents at rank #11,309, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Katerra

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,309 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distribu…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Katerra, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distribu…), Katerra ranks #573 of 3,143 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Curemark, LLC 41 GlassPoint Solar, Inc. 41 McMaster-Carr Supply Company 41 MicroCube, LLC 41

Katerra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Katerra Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	3.7%
2019	4	14.8%
2020	10	37.0%
2021	12	44.4%

Which technologies does Katerra Inc. patent most?

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 9

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 6

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 5

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 5

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 5

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 4

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 3

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 2

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

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 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

Top 15 of 31 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

Katerra Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Katerra Inc.'s lead technology class is H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02J
Ranked #11,305 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Katerra Inc. against Kony, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.5/100 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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