Where does Kern Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kern Technologies, LLC ranks #48,108 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 Kern Technologies, LLC hold?

Kern Technologies, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Kern Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

Kern Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 26.2 out of 100 (20th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kern Technologies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Kern Technologies, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Kern Technologies, LLC's patents?

Kern Technologies, LLC's patents average 16.4 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 Kern Technologies, LLC 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

Kern Technologies, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Kern Technologies, LLC focus on?

Kern Technologies, LLC's top technology area is H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kern ranks #48,108 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 1 technology areas.

#48,108
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 20th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.2/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48108 · US Corporation #48,108 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,108/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH KEN Sean Industries
CPC-NARROW H01S · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: KEN Sean Industries Co., Ltd. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kern · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kern's Innovation Score is 26.2/100 (20th 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.

Where Kern's grants concentrate

Kern Technologies, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges). By volume, Kern sits between KEN Sean Industries Co., Ltd. and Keysheen Industry (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd..

Kern's three-year grant acceleration

Kern Technologies, LLC shows 2 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.

KEN Sean Industri…

5
Kennedy-wilson

5
Ker-train Holdings

5
Keracel

5
KEY Medical

5
Keygen Data

5
Keypasco AB

5
Keysheen Industry…

5
Kern ◀

5

What this shows Kern holds 5 patents at rank #48,086, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kern

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,086 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimu…)

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

Kern's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 20th percentile higher than 20% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Kern Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Kern Technologies, LLC patent most?

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 5

Top 1 of 1 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#48,108

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

26.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Kern Technologies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kern Technologies, LLC's lead technology class is H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01S
Ranked #48,108 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kern Technologies, LLC against KEN Sean Industries Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.2/100 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

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.