Where does Kennedy Valve Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kennedy Valve Company ranks #7,028 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 Kennedy Valve Company hold?

Kennedy Valve Company holds 47 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Kennedy Valve Company's Innovation Score?

Kennedy Valve Company has an Innovation Score of 43.0 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kennedy Valve Company focus on?

Kennedy Valve Company's top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating) with 35 patents, ranking #53 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kennedy Valve Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kennedy Valve Company's recent grant velocity is +183% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Kennedy Valve Company's patents?

Kennedy Valve Company's patents average 16.1 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 Kennedy Valve Company 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

Kennedy Valve Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 47 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kennedy ranks #7,028 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 47 patents across 19 technology areas.

#7,028
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.0/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: +183%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7028 · US Corporation #7,028 · 47 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 47 grants
UPPER-Q #7,028/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ImmunityBio
CPC-FOCUS F16K · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +183% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ImmunityBio, 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 Kennedy’s 43.0 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 13.4 pts (31%) Velocity 4.5 pts (10%) Breadth 15.4 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dicon Fiberoptics · near

43
Ferric · near

43
Kennedy Valve · this assignee

43
Silicon Integrated… · near

43
Ward-Kraft · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kennedy's Innovation Score is 43.0/100 (top 29% 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 Kennedy?

Each dot is one of Kennedy’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). Kennedy’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kennedy's grants concentrate

Kennedy Valve Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 74.5% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Kennedy sits between Iteris, Inc. and L.E.A.F. Holdings Group LLC.

Kennedy's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kennedy Valve Company moved from 22 to 15 grants (0.68x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Iteris

47
Immunitybio

47
Innovative Cellul…

47
JMS

47
Kirchhoff Automot…

47
Kreg Enterprises

47
Krueger Internati…

47
L E A F Holdings…

47
Kennedy Valve ◀

47

What this shows Kennedy holds 47 patents at rank #7,027, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kennedy

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,027 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kennedy, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16K (Valves), Kennedy ranks #53 of 1,836 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Ferric Inc. 43 Ward-Kraft, Inc. 43 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. 43 Dicon Fiberoptics, Inc. 43

Kennedy's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Kennedy Valve Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	6	12.8%
2017	1	2.1%
2018	2	4.3%
2019	3	6.4%
2020	13	27.7%
2021	6	12.8%
2022	9	19.1%
2023	6	12.8%
2025partial year	1	2.1%

Which technologies does Kennedy Valve Company patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 35

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 19

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

A62C - Fire-fighting 6

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 3

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

B22C - Foundry Moulding 1

C22C - Alloys 1

E03F - SEWERS; Cesspools 1

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Kennedy Valve Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kennedy Valve Company's lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 74.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #7,028 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kennedy Valve Company against Iteris, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.0/100 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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