Where does KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd. ranks #48,082 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 KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd. hold?

KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 16.1 out of 100 (3rd 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 KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd. focus on?

KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd.'s top technology area is A44B (Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like) with 5 patents, ranking #40 of 276 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd.'s patents?

KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd.'s patents average 8.2 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 KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd. 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

KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: A44B (Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, KEE ranks #48,082 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 2 technology areas.

#48,082
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 3rd percentile
by Innovation Score (16.1/100): 8.2
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48082 · Foreign Corporation #48,082 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,082/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kator
CPC-NARROW A44B · 2 areas
INNOV-LOW 16.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kator, LLC (±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 KEE’s 16.1 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 6.2 pts (39%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (31%) Claim depth 4.9 pts (30%)

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What this shows KEE's Innovation Score is 16.1/100 (3rd 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 KEE?

Each dot is one of KEE’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). KEE’s own 8.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where KEE's grants concentrate

KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A44B (Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, KEE sits between Kator, LLC and Kellanova.

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What this shows KEE holds 5 patents at rank #48,073, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KEE

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,073 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A44B (Buttons)

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

KEE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

16 3rd percentile higher than 3% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2019	2	40.0%
2021	2	40.0%

Which technologies does KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd. patent most?

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Top 2 of 2 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

KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd.'s lead technology class is A44B (Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A44B
Ranked #48,082 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd. against Kator, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 16.1/100 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

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.