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Kenford Industrial Company Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kenford ranks #22,857 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 3 technology areas.

#22,857
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
5th percentile
by Innovation Score (18.9/100)
6.5
avg claims per patent
-91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22857 · Foreign Corporation #22,857 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
  • MID-PACK #22,857/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Somic Ishikawa
  • CPC-NARROW A45D · 3 areas
  • INNOV-LOW 18.9/100
  • CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.5 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-DROP -91% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa (±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 Kenford’s 18.9 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Kenford

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

score

What this shows Kenford's Innovation Score is 18.9/100 (5th 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.

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

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Kenford?

Each dot is one of Kenford’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). Kenford’s own 6.5 claims/patent is at or below the 10.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Kenford vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 11.911.91212.1 0510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa - 12, 5.42Somic IshikawaKalamazoo Holdings, Inc. - 12, 10.75Kalamazoo HoldingsKAO Corporation S.A. - 12, 14.83KAOKC IP Holdings, LLC - 12, 7.17KC IP HoldingsKerneos - 12, 19.42KerneosKingbright Electronics Co. Ltd. - 12, 1KingbrightKitazato Corporation - 12, 10.17KitazatoKLS Martin, L.P. - 12, 11.67KLS MartinKenford Industrial Company Ltd. - 12, 6.5Kenford Industrial
Kenford vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Kenford's grants concentrate

Kenford Industrial Company Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Kenford sits between Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa and KLS Martin, L.P..

Who files at Kenford's volume?

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

patents

What this shows Kenford holds 12 patents at rank #22,847, 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 Kenford

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,847 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment)

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

Kenford's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

19 5th percentile higher than 5% 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

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kenford Industrial Company Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2016 5 41.7%
2017 1 8.3%
2018 2 16.7%
2019 3 25.0%
2021 1 8.3%

Which technologies does Kenford Industrial Company Ltd. patent most?

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Kenford Industrial Company Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Kenford Industrial Company Ltd.'s lead technology class is A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A45D
  • Ranked #22,857 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Kenford Industrial Company Ltd. against Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 18.9/100 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

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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

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.