Where does Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc. ranks #26,663 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 Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc. hold?

Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.1 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc.'s patents?

Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc.'s patents average 16.7 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 Kel-tec CNC Industries 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

Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc. focus on?

Kel-tec CNC Industries Inc.'s top technology area is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance) with 8 patents, ranking #75 of 374 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

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.

How Kel-tec’s 41.1 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 8.3 pts (20%) Velocity 16.7 pts (41%) Breadth 6.1 pts (15%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kel-tec CNC Industries · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Kel-tec?

Each dot is one of Kel-tec’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). Kel-tec’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

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.

Kansai University

10
Karius

10
Kastanienbaum

10
Kede Numerical Co…

10
KEN Dall Enterpri…

10
Kerlink

10
Kern

10
Kettering Univers…

10
Kel-tec CNC Indus… ◀

10

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.

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

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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?

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 8

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 4

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 2

Top 3 of 3 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

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

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

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