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Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kel-tec ranks #26,663 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 3 technology areas.

#26,663
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.1/100)
16.7
avg claims per patent
+100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26663 · US Corporation #26,663 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
  • MID-PACK #26,663/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kansai University
  • CPC-NARROW F41A · 3 areas
  • INNOV-PAR 41.1/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • VEL-SURGE +100% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kansai University (±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.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Kel-tec

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Kel-tec's Innovation Score is 41.1/100 (top 34% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Where Kel-tec's grants concentrate

Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Kel-tec sits between Kansai University and Kettering University.

Kel-tec's three-year grant acceleration

Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc. shows 5 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.

Who files at Kel-tec's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Kel-tec holds 10 patents at rank #26,652, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Kel-tec

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,652 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Kel-tec's primary technology class.

Kel-tec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

0.511.522.5 20172018201920202022202320242025 1
USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2017 1 10.0%
2018 1 10.0%
2019 1 10.0%
2020 1 10.0%
2022 2 20.0%
2023 1 10.0%
2024 2 20.0%
2025partial year 1 10.0%

Which technologies does Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc. patent most?

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#26,663

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

41.1 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

Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc.'s lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
  • Ranked #26,663 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc. against Kansai University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 41.1/100 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

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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

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.