Where does KBC Groep NV rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KBC Groep NV ranks #36,093 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 KBC Groep NV hold?

KBC Groep NV holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is KBC Groep NV's Innovation Score?

KBC Groep NV has an Innovation Score of 38.7 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does KBC Groep NV focus on?

KBC Groep NV's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 7 patents, ranking #4,773 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is KBC Groep NV's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for KBC Groep NV.

What does claim depth mean for KBC Groep NV's patents?

KBC Groep NV's patents average 12.6 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 KBC Groep NV 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

KBC Groep NV

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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, KBC ranks #36,093 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 9 technology areas.

#36,093
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.7/100): 12.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36093 · Foreign Corporation #36,093 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,093/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Karl Mayer Textilmas…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik GMBH (±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 KBC’s 38.7 Innovation Score adds up

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

Volume 7.2 pts (19%) Velocity 13.3 pts (34%) Breadth 10.6 pts (27%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
KBC Groep · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KBC's Innovation Score is 38.7/100 (top 40% 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 KBC?

Each dot is one of KBC’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). KBC’s own 12.6 claims/patent is at or below the 13.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where KBC's grants concentrate

KBC Groep NV is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, KBC sits between Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik GMBH and KCG Technologies LLC.

KBC's three-year grant acceleration

KBC Groep NV shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Karl Mayer Textil…

7
Karma Medical Pro…

7
Katun

7
Kawakami Sangyo

7
Kbio Holdings

7
KC Technology

7
KCC Glass

7
KCG

7
KBC Groep ◀

7

What this shows KBC holds 7 patents at rank #36,065, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KBC

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,065 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

KBC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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KBC Groep NV patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	28.6%
2022	1	14.3%
2023	2	28.6%
2024	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does KBC Groep NV patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

B01D - Separation 1

Top 9 of 9 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

KBC Groep NV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

KBC Groep NV's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #36,093 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KBC Groep NV against Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.7/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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.