Where does Kidde Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kidde Technologies, Inc. ranks #2,289 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 Kidde Technologies, Inc. hold?

Kidde Technologies, Inc. holds 171 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 69 technology areas.

What is Kidde Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kidde Technologies, Inc. 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%).

What technology areas does Kidde Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Kidde Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is A62C (Fire-fighting) with 75 patents, ranking #3 of 253 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 69 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kidde Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kidde Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +19% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Kidde Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Kidde Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 13.7 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 Kidde Technologies, Inc. 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

Kidde Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 171 granted patents across 69 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: A62C (Fire-fighting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kidde ranks #2,289 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 171 patents across 69 technology areas.

#2,289
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.9/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: +19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2289 · US Corporation #2,289 · 171 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 171 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,289/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Caterpillar Sarl
CPC-WIDE A62C · 69 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Caterpillar Sarl (±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 Kidde’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 17.8 pts (31%) Velocity 6.9 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cavh · near

58
Kidde · this assignee

58
North China… · near

58
University of Bath · near

58
Dignity Health · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kidde'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 Kidde?

Each dot is one of Kidde’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). Kidde’s own 13.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Kidde's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Kidde Technologies, Inc. received 89 grants versus 75 in 2015–2019 (+19% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 25 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 10. Lead class A62C accounts for 43.9% of the portfolio across 69 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Caterpillar Sarl (#2,285) and TTI (MACAO Commercial OFFSHORE) Limited (#2,293).

Kidde's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kidde Technologies, Inc. moved from 50 to 52 grants (1.04x 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 #1,082. See the growth leaderboard.

Caterpillar Sarl

171
Church & Dwight

171
EV Group E Thalln…

171
Graphcore

171
MAN Truck &Bus

171
Merchsource

171
Shanghai Zhaoxin…

171
TTI (Macao Commer…

171
Kidde ◀

171

What this shows Kidde holds 171 patents at rank #2,289, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kidde

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,289 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A62C (Fire-fighting)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kidde, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A62C (Fire-fighting), Kidde ranks #3 of 253 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

North China Electrical Power University 58 Cavh LLC 58 University of Bath 58 Dignity Health 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.7 here).

Square Enix Co., Ltd. 13.7 avg G.D S.P.A. 13.7 avg Bottomline Technologies, Inc. 13.7 avg Duksan Neolux Co., Ltd 13.7 avg

Kidde'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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Kidde Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	5.8%
2016	25	14.6%
2017	11	6.4%
2018	16	9.4%
2019	13	7.6%
2020	24	14.0%
2021	13	7.6%
2022	23	13.5%
2023	12	7.0%
2024	17	9.9%
2025partial year	7	4.1%

Which technologies does Kidde Technologies, Inc. patent most?

A62C - Fire-fighting 75

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 52

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 43

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 34

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 23

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 15

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 15

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 12

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 10

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 10

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

A62D - Chemical Means FOR Extinguishing Fires OR FOR Combating OR Protecting Against Harmful Chemical AGENTS; Chemical Materials FOR USE IN Breathing Apparatus 8

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 8

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

Top 15 of 69 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

Kidde Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kidde Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is A62C (Fire-fighting), 43.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A62C
Ranked #2,289 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kidde Technologies, Inc. against Caterpillar Sarl, 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.

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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