Where does KIK Interactive Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KIK Interactive Inc. ranks #26,675 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 KIK Interactive Inc. hold?

KIK Interactive Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is KIK Interactive Inc.'s Innovation Score?

KIK Interactive Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.1 out of 100 (23rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does KIK Interactive Inc. focus on?

KIK Interactive Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 8 patents, ranking #2,806 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is KIK Interactive Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

KIK Interactive Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -57% 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 KIK Interactive Inc.'s patents?

KIK Interactive Inc.'s patents average 15.8 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 KIK Interactive 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 Foreign Corporation

KIK Interactive Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, KIK ranks #26,675 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 7 technology areas.

#26,675
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 23rd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.1/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26675 · Foreign Corporation #26,675 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,675/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kern
CPC-NARROW H04L · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kern AG (±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 KIK’s 27.1 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 8.3 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
KIK Interactive · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KIK's Innovation Score is 27.1/100 (23rd 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for KIK?

Each dot is one of KIK’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). KIK’s own 15.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where KIK's grants concentrate

KIK Interactive Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, KIK sits between Kern AG and Kinoo, Inc..

Kern

10
Kettering Univers…

10
Kettler Internati…

10
Kidde Fire Protec…

10
King LAI Hygienic…

10
King's Flair Mark…

10
Kingsand Machinery

10
Kinoo

10
KIK Interactive ◀

10

What this shows KIK holds 10 patents at rank #26,659, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KIK

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,659 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

KIK's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 23rd percentile higher than 23% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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KIK Interactive Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2017	2	20.0%
2018	2	20.0%
2019	2	20.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2021	1	10.0%

Which technologies does KIK Interactive Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 8

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 7 of 7 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

KIK Interactive Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

KIK Interactive Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #26,675 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KIK Interactive Inc. against Kern AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.1/100 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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