Where does Kbws Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kbws Corporation ranks #29,198 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 Kbws Corporation hold?

Kbws Corporation holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2019, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Kbws Corporation's Innovation Score?

Kbws Corporation has an Innovation Score of 18.0 out of 100 (5th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kbws Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kbws Corporation's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Kbws Corporation's patents?

Kbws Corporation's patents average 8.4 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 Kbws Corporation 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

Kbws Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Kbws Corporation focus on?

Kbws Corporation's top technology area is B60S (Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2019. 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: B60S (Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kbws ranks #29,198 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 2 technology areas.

#29,198
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (18.0/100): 8.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29198 · Foreign Corporation #29,198 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,198/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kakadu R&D PTY
CPC-NARROW B60S · 2 areas
INNOV-LOW 18.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kakadu R&D PTY 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kbws · this assignee

18
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kbws's Innovation Score is 18.0/100 (5th 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.

Where Kbws's grants concentrate

Kbws Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B60S (Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Kbws sits between Kakadu R&D PTY Ltd and KEY Energy Services, LLC.

Kakadu R&D PTY

9
Kake Educational…

9
Kapp Werkzeugmasc…

9
Kawasumi Laborato…

9
KCI Manufacturing…

9
KCI Medical Resou…

9
Keene Building Pr…

9
KEY Energy Servic…

9
Kbws ◀

9

What this shows Kbws holds 9 patents at rank #29,166, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kbws

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,166 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60S (Servicing)

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

Kbws's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

18 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kbws Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	11.1%
2017	5	55.6%
2018	2	22.2%
2019	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Kbws Corporation patent most?

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#29,198

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

18.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Kbws Corporation's lead technology class is B60S (Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60S
Ranked #29,198 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kbws Corporation against Kakadu R&D PTY Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 18.0/100 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.