Where does Kavo Dental GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kavo Dental GMBH ranks #48,076 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 Kavo Dental GMBH hold?

Kavo Dental GMBH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Kavo Dental GMBH's Innovation Score?

Kavo Dental GMBH has an Innovation Score of 45.8 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kavo Dental GMBH focus on?

Kavo Dental GMBH's top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 4 patents, ranking #222 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kavo Dental GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Kavo Dental GMBH.

What does claim depth mean for Kavo Dental GMBH's patents?

Kavo Dental GMBH's patents average 18.2 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 Kavo Dental GMBH 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

Kavo Dental GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kavo ranks #48,076 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#48,076
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (45.8/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48076 · Foreign Corporation #48,076 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,076/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kara
CPC-NARROW A61C · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kara Technologies Limited (±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 Kavo’s 45.8 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 6.2 pts (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (44%) Breadth 8.7 pts (19%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Kavo Dental · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Kavo's Innovation Score is 45.8/100 (top 22% 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 Kavo?

Each dot is one of Kavo’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). Kavo’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kavo's grants concentrate

Kavo Dental GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Kavo sits between Kara Technologies Limited and Keenwawa, Inc..

Kavo's three-year grant acceleration

Kavo Dental GMBH shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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What this shows Kavo holds 5 patents at rank #48,070, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kavo

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,070 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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

Kavo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kavo Dental GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	1	20.0%
2024	3	60.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Kavo Dental GMBH patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 1

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 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Kavo Dental GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kavo Dental GMBH's lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #48,076 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kavo Dental GMBH against Kara Technologies Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.8/100 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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