Where does KCC Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KCC Corporation ranks #13,515 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 KCC Corporation hold?

KCC Corporation holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is KCC Corporation's Innovation Score?

KCC Corporation has an Innovation Score of 36.3 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

KCC Corporation's recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for KCC Corporation's patents?

KCC Corporation's patents average 9.7 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 KCC 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

KCC Corporation

Q: What technology areas does KCC Corporation focus on?

KCC Corporation's top technology area is C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor) with 14 patents, ranking #227 of 1,818 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 23 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: C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, KCC ranks #13,515 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 23 technology areas.

#13,515
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.3/100): 9.7
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13515 · Foreign Corporation #13,515 · 22 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,515/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Jichi Medical…
CPC-FOCUS C09D · 23 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Jichi Medical University (±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 KCC’s 36.3 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 10.8 pts (30%) Velocity 2.7 pts (7%) Breadth 17.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 5.8 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
KCC · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KCC's Innovation Score is 36.3/100 (top 47% 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 KCC?

Each dot is one of KCC’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). KCC’s own 9.7 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where KCC's grants concentrate

KCC Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 63.6% of grants classified under C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, KCC sits between Jichi Medical University and Kuraray Fastening Co., Ltd..

KCC's three-year grant acceleration

KCC Corporation shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Jichi Medical Uni…

22
Johnson Controls…

22
Johnson Matthey C…

22
Joslin Diabetes C…

22
Kiefel

22
Knorr-bremse Gese…

22
Kromek

22
Kuraray Fastening

22
KCC ◀

22

What this shows KCC holds 22 patents at rank #13,512, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KCC

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,512 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09D (Coating Compositions)

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

KCC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% 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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KCC Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	13.6%
2016	1	4.5%
2017	1	4.5%
2018	2	9.1%
2019	2	9.1%
2020	5	22.7%
2021	3	13.6%
2022	2	9.1%
2023	1	4.5%
2024	1	4.5%
2025partial year	1	4.5%

Which technologies does KCC Corporation patent most?

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 14

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 10

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 8

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 7

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 4

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 1

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 1

Top 15 of 23 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

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

KCC Corporation's lead technology class is C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09D
Ranked #13,515 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KCC Corporation against Jichi Medical University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.3/100 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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