Where does KCM Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KCM Corporation ranks #9,063 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 KCM Corporation hold?

KCM Corporation holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2019, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is KCM Corporation's Innovation Score?

KCM Corporation has an Innovation Score of 33.4 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does KCM Corporation focus on?

KCM Corporation's top technology area is E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting) with 28 patents, ranking #30 of 348 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

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

KCM 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 KCM Corporation's patents?

KCM Corporation's patents average 5.5 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 KCM 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

KCM Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 25 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: E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, KCM ranks #9,063 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 25 technology areas.

#9,063
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.4/100): 5.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9063 · Foreign Corporation #9,063 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,063/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Invention And…
CPC-FOCUS E02F · 25 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Invention And Collaboration Laboratory Pte. 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.

How KCM’s 33.4 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 12.4 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 17.7 pts (53%) Claim depth 3.3 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Abbvie Biotherapeutics · near

33
Inotera Memories · near

33
Bluefin Payment… · near

33
KCM · this assignee

33
Shimano Components… · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KCM's Innovation Score is 33.4/100 (44th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for KCM?

Each dot is one of KCM’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). KCM’s own 5.5 claims/patent is at or below the 14.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where KCM's grants concentrate

KCM Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (12 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2016. By volume, KCM sits between Invention And Collaboration Laboratory Pte. Ltd. and Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd..

Invention And Col…

35
JCM American

35
Jfrog

35
Joulwatt Technolo…

35
Kctech

35
Koncept

35
KSB SE & Kgaa

35
Kissei Pharmaceut…

35
KCM ◀

35

What this shows KCM holds 35 patents at rank #9,061, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KCM

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,061 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E02F (Dredging)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for KCM, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E02F (Dredging), KCM ranks #30 of 348 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC 33 Shimano Components (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. 33 Abbvie Biotherapeutics Inc. 33 Inotera Memories, Inc. 33

KCM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% 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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KCM Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	5	14.3%
2017	10	28.6%
2018	8	22.9%
2019	12	34.3%

Which technologies does KCM Corporation patent most?

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 28

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 16

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 13

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 12

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 10

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 9

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 9

F16H - Gearing 8

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 6

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 6

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 5

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 5

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 4

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

Top 15 of 25 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

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

KCM Corporation's lead technology class is E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E02F
Ranked #9,063 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KCM Corporation against Invention And Collaboration Laboratory Pte. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.4/100 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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