Where does Kemet Electronics Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kemet Electronics Corporation ranks #2,742 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 Kemet Electronics Corporation hold?

Kemet Electronics Corporation holds 141 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 40 technology areas.

What is Kemet Electronics Corporation's Innovation Score?

Kemet Electronics Corporation has an Innovation Score of 57.9 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kemet Electronics Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kemet Electronics Corporation's recent grant velocity is -23% 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 Kemet Electronics Corporation's patents?

Kemet Electronics Corporation's patents average 37.8 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 Kemet Electronics Corporation 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

Kemet Electronics Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Kemet Electronics Corporation focus on?

Kemet Electronics Corporation's top technology area is H01G (CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type) with 134 patents, ranking #7 of 580 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 141 granted patents across 40 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: H01G (CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kemet ranks #2,742 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 141 patents across 40 technology areas.

#2,742
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.9/100): 37.8
avg claims per patent: -23%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2742 · US Corporation #2,742 · 141 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 141 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,742/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Carl Zeiss
CPC-WIDE H01G · 40 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 37.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -23% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Carl Zeiss AG (±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 Kemet’s 57.9 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 17.1 pts (30%) Velocity 3.4 pts (6%) Breadth 22.4 pts (39%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Andritz · near

58
Chemetall · near

58
Conair · near

58
Kemet · this assignee

58
Techtronic Floor… · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kemet's Innovation Score is 57.9/100 (top 5% 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 Kemet?

Each dot is one of Kemet’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). Kemet’s own 37.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kemet's grants concentrate

Kemet Electronics Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 95% of grants classified under H01G (CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (20 grants) versus a trough of 9 in 2022. By volume, Kemet sits between Carl Zeiss AG and NxStage Medical, Inc..

Kemet's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kemet Electronics Corporation moved from 53 to 27 grants (0.51x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,672. See the growth leaderboard.

Carl Zeiss

141
Dresser-rand

141
Dynaenergetics Eu…

141
International Tru…

141
Kowa

141
Laird

141
Marathon Petroleum

141
Nxstage Medical

141
Kemet ◀

141

What this shows Kemet holds 141 patents at rank #2,742, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kemet

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,742 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01G (Capacitors)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kemet, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01G (Capacitors), Kemet ranks #7 of 580 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Andritz Inc. 58 Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited 58 Conair LLC 58 Chemetall GMBH 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (37.8 here).

Ab Initio Technology LLC 37.7 avg Narrative Science LLC 37.2 avg Seagen Inc. 36.8 avg Berkshire Grey, Inc. 38.9 avg

Kemet's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Kemet Electronics Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	8.5%
2016	13	9.2%
2017	14	9.9%
2018	19	13.5%
2019	20	14.2%
2020	20	14.2%
2021	13	9.2%
2022	9	6.4%
2023	9	6.4%
2024	9	6.4%
2025partial year	3	2.1%

Which technologies does Kemet Electronics Corporation patent most?

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 134

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 35

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 18

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 14

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 11

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 11

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 11

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 10

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 10

H01C - Resistors 9

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 6

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 5

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 5

Top 15 of 40 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

Kemet Electronics Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kemet Electronics Corporation's lead technology class is H01G (CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type), 95% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01G
Ranked #2,742 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kemet Electronics Corporation against Carl Zeiss AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.9/100 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.

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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

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