Where does KCF Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KCF Technologies, Inc. ranks #9,537 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 KCF Technologies, Inc. hold?

KCF Technologies, Inc. holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 41 technology areas.

What is KCF Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

KCF Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.1 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does KCF Technologies, Inc. focus on?

KCF Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 14 patents, ranking #954 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 41 CPC subclasses total.

Is KCF Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

KCF Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +20% 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 KCF Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

KCF Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 14.2 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 KCF Technologies, Inc. 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 US Corporation

KCF Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 41 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, KCF ranks #9,537 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 41 technology areas.

#9,537
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.1/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9537 · US Corporation #9,537 · 33 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,537/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Jaquish Biomedical
CPC-WIDE Y02E · 41 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Jaquish Biomedical Corporation (±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 KCF’s 45.1 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 12.2 pts (27%) Velocity 1.8 pts (4%) Breadth 22.6 pts (50%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Academisch Ziekenhui… · near

45
Bracco Imaging S P A · near

45
KCF · this assignee

45
La-Z-Boy Incorporated · near

45
Withings · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KCF's Innovation Score is 45.1/100 (top 24% 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 KCF?

Each dot is one of KCF’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). KCF’s own 14.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where KCF's grants concentrate

KCF Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 41 CPC subclasses with 42.4% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, KCF sits between Jaquish Biomedical Corporation and Kilopass Technology, Inc..

KCF's three-year grant acceleration

KCF Technologies, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

Jaquish Biomedical

33
Johnson Matthey F…

33
Kaeser Kompressor…

33
Kawasaki Robotics…

33
Kind Consumer

33
Kokusai Keisokuki

33
Korea Institute O…

33
Kilopass Technolo…

33
KCF ◀

33

What this shows KCF holds 33 patents at rank #9,536, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KCF

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,536 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for KCF, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), KCF ranks #954 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Withings 45 La-Z-Boy Incorporated 45 Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden (H.O.D.N. LUMC) GMBH 45 Bracco Imaging S.P.A. 45

KCF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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KCF Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.1%
2016	5	15.2%
2017	2	6.1%
2019	6	18.2%
2020	9	27.3%
2021	4	12.1%
2022	2	6.1%
2023	3	9.1%

Which technologies does KCF Technologies, Inc. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 14

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 14

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 12

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

H04B - Transmission 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

H04Q - Selecting 2

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 2

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 2

Top 15 of 41 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

KCF Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

KCF Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 42.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #9,537 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KCF Technologies, Inc. against Jaquish Biomedical Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.1/100 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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