Where does Kawano Lab. Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kawano Lab. Inc. ranks #41,192 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 Kawano Lab. Inc. hold?

Kawano Lab. Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Kawano Lab. Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kawano Lab. Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.5 out of 100 (20th 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 Kawano Lab. Inc. focus on?

Kawano Lab. Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 6 patents, ranking #2,307 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Kawano Lab. Inc..

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

Kawano Lab. Inc.'s patents average 13.0 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 Kawano Lab. 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 Foreign Corporation

Kawano Lab. Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kawano ranks #41,192 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#41,192
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 20th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.5/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41192 · Foreign Corporation #41,192 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,192/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kang Yang Hardware…
CPC-NARROW G01N · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kang Yang Hardware Enterprises Co., 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 Kawano’s 26.5 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 6.7 pts (25%) Velocity 3.3 pts (12%) Breadth 8.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kawano Lab · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kawano's Innovation Score is 26.5/100 (20th 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 Kawano?

Each dot is one of Kawano’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). Kawano’s own 13.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kawano's grants concentrate

Kawano Lab. Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Kawano sits between Kang Yang Hardware Enterprises Co., Ltd. and Kedu Electric Co., Ltd..

Kawano's three-year grant acceleration

Kawano Lab. Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Kang Yang Hardwar…

6
Karogen

6
Katoh Electric

6
Kawajun

6
Kawasaki Institut…

6
Kazuar Advanced

6
Kcl Licensing

6
Kedu Electric

6
Kawano Lab ◀

6

What this shows Kawano holds 6 patents at rank #41,155, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kawano

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,155 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Kawano's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 20th percentile higher than 20% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Kawano Lab. Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	3	50.0%
2021	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Kawano Lab. Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 1

B03C - Magnetic OR Electrostatic Separation OF Solid Materials From Solid Materials OR FLUIDS; Separation BY High-voltage Electric Fields 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Kawano Lab. Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #41,192 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kawano Lab. Inc. against Kang Yang Hardware Enterprises Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.5/100 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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