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Kayak Software Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kayak ranks #16,921 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 8 technology areas.

#16,921
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.7/100)
19.6
avg claims per patent
-25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16921 · US Corporation #16,921 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
  • MID-PACK #16,921/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH JetSmarter
  • CPC-NARROW G06F · 8 areas
  • INNOV-PAR 40.7/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • VEL-DOWN -25% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: JetSmarter Inc. (±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 Kayak’s 40.7 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Kayak

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Kayak's Innovation Score is 40.7/100 (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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Kayak?

Each dot is one of Kayak’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). Kayak’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Kayak vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 16.916.91717.1 020406080 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent JetSmarter Inc. - 17, 14.24JetsmarterJustrite Manufacturing Company, L.L.C. - 17, 15.35Justrite Manufact…Kalsi Engineering, Inc. - 17, 73.82Kalsi EngineeringKanagawa Institute OF Industrial Science AND Technology - 17, 9.53Kanagawa Institut…Kaydon Ring & Seal, Inc. - 17, 15.29Kaydon Ring & SealKids II Hape Joint Venture Limited - 17, 8.24Kids II Hape Join…Kimoto Co., Ltd. - 17, 12.53KimotoKinesio IP LLC - 17, 1.59Kinesio IPKayak Software Corporation - 17, 19.65Kayak Software
Kayak vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Kayak's grants concentrate

Kayak Software Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 70.6% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Kayak sits between JetSmarter Inc. and Kinesio IP LLC.

Kayak's three-year grant acceleration

Kayak Software Corporation shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Who files at Kayak's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Kayak holds 17 patents at rank #16,917, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Kayak

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,917 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Kayak'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

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Kayak Software Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2015 1 5.9%
2016 3 17.6%
2017 2 11.8%
2018 1 5.9%
2019 1 5.9%
2021 2 11.8%
2022 1 5.9%
2024 3 17.6%
2025partial year 3 17.6%

Which technologies does Kayak Software Corporation patent most?

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Kayak Software Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Kayak Software Corporation's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 70.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
  • Ranked #16,921 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Kayak Software Corporation against JetSmarter Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 40.7/100 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

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.