Where does Kbautotech Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kbautotech Co., Ltd. ranks #14,717 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 Kbautotech Co., Ltd. hold?

Kbautotech Co., Ltd. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Kbautotech Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Kbautotech Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 34.6 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 Kbautotech Co., Ltd. focus on?

Kbautotech Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 10 patents, ranking #114 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kbautotech Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kbautotech Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -88% 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 Kbautotech Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Kbautotech Co., Ltd.'s patents average 15.2 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 Kbautotech Co., Ltd. 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

Kbautotech Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 18 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: B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kbautotech ranks #14,717 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 18 technology areas.

#14,717
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.6/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: -88%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14717 · Foreign Corporation #14,717 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,717/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Katz Water Tech
CPC-FOCUS B60N · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -88% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Katz Water Tech LLC (±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 Kbautotech’s 34.6 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 10.5 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kbautotech · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kbautotech's Innovation Score is 34.6/100 (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 Kbautotech?

Each dot is one of Kbautotech’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). Kbautotech’s own 15.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kbautotech's grants concentrate

Kbautotech Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Kbautotech sits between KT Health, LLC and Kuhn Rikon AG.

KT Health

20
KUB

20
Kverneland Group…

20
Katz Water Tech

20
Kinetic Pressure…

20
Kit Masters

20
Konica Minolta Op…

20
Kuhn Rikon

20
Kbautotech ◀

20

What this shows Kbautotech holds 20 patents at rank #14,729, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kbautotech

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,729 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles)

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

Kbautotech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Kbautotech Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	30.0%
2016	3	15.0%
2017	4	20.0%
2018	3	15.0%
2019	1	5.0%
2020	2	10.0%
2025partial year	1	5.0%

Which technologies does Kbautotech Co., Ltd. patent most?

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 7

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 5

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 5

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 4

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

F16H - Gearing 3

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

F01M - Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 2

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 1

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 1

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Kbautotech Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kbautotech Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60N
Ranked #14,717 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kbautotech Co., Ltd. against KT Health, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.6/100 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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