Where does KCC Glass Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KCC Glass Corporation ranks #36,096 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 Glass Corporation hold?

KCC Glass Corporation holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is KCC Glass Corporation's Innovation Score?

KCC Glass Corporation has an Innovation Score of 39.3 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for KCC Glass Corporation.

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

KCC Glass Corporation's patents average 10.0 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 Glass 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 Glass Corporation

Q: What technology areas does KCC Glass Corporation focus on?

KCC Glass Corporation's top technology area is H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 13 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: H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, KCC ranks #36,096 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 13 technology areas.

#36,096
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.3/100): 10.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36096 · Foreign Corporation #36,096 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,096/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kawakami Sangyo
CPC-FOCUS H05B · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kawakami Sangyo Co., 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
KCC Glass · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KCC's Innovation Score is 39.3/100 (top 39% 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 KCC's grants concentrate

KCC Glass Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, KCC sits between Kawakami Sangyo Co., Ltd. and Keck Graduate Institute.

KCC's three-year grant acceleration

KCC Glass Corporation 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.

Kawakami Sangyo

7
KBC Groep

7
Kbio Holdings

7
KC Technology

7
KCG

7
KCT Holdings

7
Keba Industrial A…

7
Keck Graduate Ins…

7
KCC Glass ◀

7

What this shows KCC holds 7 patents at rank #36,068, 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 #36,068 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H05B (Electric Heating)

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)

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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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KCC Glass Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	28.6%
2022	2	28.6%
2023	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does KCC Glass Corporation patent most?

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 3

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 3

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#36,096

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

39.3 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

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

KCC Glass Corporation's lead technology class is H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H05B
Ranked #36,096 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KCC Glass Corporation against Kawakami Sangyo Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.3/100 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

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.