Where does Kdesign GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kdesign GmbH ranks #9,295 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 Kdesign GmbH hold?

Kdesign GmbH holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Kdesign GmbH's Innovation Score?

Kdesign GmbH has an Innovation Score of 40.3 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kdesign GmbH focus on?

Kdesign GmbH's top technology area is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture) with 5 patents, ranking #180 of 990 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kdesign GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kdesign GmbH's recent grant velocity is -61% 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 Kdesign GmbH's patents?

Kdesign GmbH'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 Kdesign GmbH 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

Kdesign GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 24 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: A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kdesign ranks #9,295 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 24 technology areas.

#9,295
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.3/100): 10.0
avg claims per patent: -61%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9295 · Foreign Corporation #9,295 · 34 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,295/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kartell S p A
CPC-FOCUS A47B · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -61% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kartell S.p.A. (±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 Kdesign’s 40.3 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 12.3 pts (31%) Velocity 4.7 pts (12%) Breadth 17.3 pts (43%) Claim depth 6.0 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Coriant Operations · near

40
Fortress Iron · near

40
Kdesign · this assignee

40
Luminit · near

40
Prolific Technology · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kdesign's Innovation Score is 40.3/100 (top 36% 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 Kdesign?

Each dot is one of Kdesign’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). Kdesign’s own 10.0 claims/patent is at or below the 14.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kdesign's grants concentrate

Kdesign GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 14.7% of grants classified under A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Kdesign sits between Kartell S.p.A. and Logicdata Electronic & Software Entwicklungs GmbH.

Kdesign's three-year grant acceleration

Kdesign GmbH shows 7 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.

Kartell S p A

34
Koch Agronomic Se…

34
Kuna Systems

34
Kyphon Sarl

34
Korea Internet &…

34
Layer3 TV

34
Liebherr Machines…

34
Logicdata & Softw…

34
Kdesign ◀

34

What this shows Kdesign holds 34 patents at rank #9,298, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kdesign

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,298 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47B (Tables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kdesign, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47B (Tables), Kdesign ranks #180 of 990 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Coriant Operations, Inc. 40 Prolific Technology Inc. 40 Fortress Iron, LP 40 Luminit LLC 40

Kdesign's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% 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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Kdesign GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	20.6%
2016	2	5.9%
2017	3	8.8%
2018	3	8.8%
2019	8	23.5%
2020	2	5.9%
2022	4	11.8%
2024	3	8.8%
2025partial year	2	5.9%

Which technologies does Kdesign GmbH patent most?

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 5

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 3

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 3

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 1

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 1

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

Top 15 of 24 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

Kdesign GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kdesign GmbH's lead technology class is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture), 14.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47B
Ranked #9,295 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kdesign GmbH against Kartell S.p.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.3/100 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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