Where does Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc. ranks #48,095 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 Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc. hold?

Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2017, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.3 out of 100 (27th 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 Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc. focus on?

Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc.'s top technology area is B23B (TURNING; Boring) with 5 patents, ranking #94 of 490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc.'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 Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc.'s patents?

Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc.'s patents average 23.6 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 Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, 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

Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2017. 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: B23B (TURNING; Boring).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kellstrom ranks #48,095 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#48,095
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.3/100): 23.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48095 · US Corporation #48,095 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,095/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Keirton
CPC-NARROW B23B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Keirton Inc. (±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 Kellstrom’s 28.3 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 6.2 pts (22%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (28%) Claim depth 14.2 pts (50%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kellstrom Defense… · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kellstrom's Innovation Score is 28.3/100 (27th 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 Kellstrom?

Each dot is one of Kellstrom’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). Kellstrom’s own 23.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kellstrom's grants concentrate

Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B23B (TURNING; Boring). By volume, Kellstrom sits between Keirton Inc. and Keranetics, Inc..

Keirton

5
Keiryo Packaging

5
Kejr

5
Kellogg North Ame…

5
Kelvin Thermal En…

5
Kenco Label & Tag

5
Keramed

5
Keranetics

5
Kellstrom Defense… ◀

5

What this shows Kellstrom holds 5 patents at rank #48,196, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kellstrom

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,196 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23B (Turning)

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

Kellstrom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	5	100.0%

Which technologies does Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc. patent most?

B23B - TURNING; Boring 5

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 5

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 5

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 5

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 5

Top 5 of 5 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

Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc.'s lead technology class is B23B (TURNING; Boring), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23B
Ranked #48,095 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc. against Keirton Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.3/100 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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