Where does KHS GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KHS GmbH ranks #1,042 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 KHS GmbH hold?

KHS GmbH holds 417 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 87 technology areas.

What is KHS GmbH's Innovation Score?

KHS GmbH has an Innovation Score of 60.9 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is KHS GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

KHS GmbH's recent grant velocity is -52% 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 KHS GmbH's patents?

KHS GmbH's patents average 17.7 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 KHS GmbH 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 Foreign Corporation

KHS GmbH

Q: What technology areas does KHS GmbH focus on?

KHS GmbH's top technology area is B67C (Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels) with 162 patents. Grants appear in 87 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 417 granted patents across 87 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: B67C (Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, KHS ranks #1,042 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 417 patents across 87 technology areas.

#1,042
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.9/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -52%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1042 · Foreign Corporation #1,042 · 417 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 417 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,042/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mitsumi Electric
CPC-WIDE B67C · 87 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -52% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mitsumi Electric 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
Agco International · near

61
Kawasaki Jukogyo · near

61
KHS · this assignee

61
Paccar · near

61
Trimble · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KHS's Innovation Score is 60.9/100 (top 3% 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.

How KHS's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, KHS GmbH received 134 grants versus 280 in 2015–2019 (-52% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 67 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 22. Lead class B67C accounts for 38.8% of the portfolio across 87 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company (#1,038) and Traxxas, L.P. (#1,046).

KHS's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, KHS GmbH moved from 111 to 74 grants (0.67x 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 #2,256. See the growth leaderboard.

Depuy Ireland Unl…

420
Scania CV AB

420
Varian Medical Sy…

419
Postech Academy-i…

418
Mitsumi Electric

417
KHS ◀

417
Agrigenics

416
Pegatron

414
Traxxas

414

What this shows KHS holds 417 patents at rank #1,042, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KHS

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,042 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B67C (Cleaning)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for KHS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Paccar Inc 61 Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 61 Agco International GmbH 61 Trimble Inc. 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.7 here).

Glaxosmithkline Biologicals SA 17.7 avg Spine Wave, Inc. 17.7 avg Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC 17.7 avg Tornier 17.7 avg

KHS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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KHS GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	67	16.1%
2016	54	12.9%
2017	59	14.1%
2018	49	11.8%
2019	51	12.2%
2020	37	8.9%
2021	23	5.5%
2022	22	5.3%
2023	28	6.7%
2024	24	5.8%
2025partial year	3	0.7%

Which technologies does KHS GmbH patent most?

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 162

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 136

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 113

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 46

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 42

B67B - Applying Closure Members TO Bottles Jars, OR Similar CONTAINERS; Opening Closed Containers 38

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 36

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 29

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 25

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 21

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 20

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 20

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 18

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 17

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

Top 15 of 87 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,042

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

60.9 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

KHS GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

KHS GmbH's lead technology class is B67C (Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels), 38.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B67C
Ranked #1,042 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KHS GmbH against Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.9/100 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.

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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