Where does Kimball International, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kimball International, Inc. ranks #5,601 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 Kimball International, Inc. hold?

Kimball International, Inc. holds 61 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Kimball International, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kimball International, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.0 out of 100 (49th 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 Kimball International, Inc. focus on?

Kimball International, Inc.'s top technology area is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture) with 5 patents, ranking #180 of 990 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kimball International, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kimball International, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -43% 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 Kimball International, Inc.'s patents?

Kimball International, Inc.'s patents average 2.4 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 Kimball International, 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

Kimball International, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 61 granted patents across 9 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: A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kimball ranks #5,601 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 61 patents across 9 technology areas.

#5,601
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (35.0/100): 2.4
avg claims per patent: -43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5601 · US Corporation #5,601 · 61 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 61 grants
UPPER-Q #5,601/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Inpria
CPC-NARROW A47B · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Inpria Corporation (±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 Kimball’s 35.0 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 14.3 pts (41%) Velocity 8.7 pts (25%) Breadth 10.6 pts (30%) Claim depth 1.5 pts (4%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Caroma Industries · near

35
Tasly Pharmaceutical… · near

35
Blazer and Flip Flops · near

35
CPG Interational · near

35
Kimball International · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kimball's Innovation Score is 35.0/100 (49th 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 Kimball?

Each dot is one of Kimball’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). Kimball’s own 2.4 claims/patent is at or below the 16.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kimball's grants concentrate

Kimball International, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 8.2% of grants classified under A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, Kimball sits between Inpria Corporation and Lineage Logistics, LLC.

Kimball's three-year grant acceleration

Kimball International, Inc. shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Inpria

61
Institute for Res…

61
Kolster Holding B…

61
Kraft Foods R & D

61
Lesaffre ET Compa…

61
Lone Gull Holdings

61
Light Labs

61
Lineage Logistics

61
Kimball Internati… ◀

61

What this shows Kimball holds 61 patents at rank #5,601, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kimball

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,601 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47B (Tables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kimball, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47B (Tables), Kimball ranks #180 of 990 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

Blazer and Flip Flops, Inc. 35 CPG Interational LLC 35 Tasly Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. 35 Caroma Industries Limited 35

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (2.4 here).

Fiskars Finland Oy Ab 2.4 avg Fiduciary Benchmarks Insights, LLC 2.4 avg Vornado Air, LLC 2.4 avg Reckitt Benckiser Health Limited 2.4 avg

Kimball's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% 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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Kimball International, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	18.0%
2016	8	13.1%
2017	5	8.2%
2018	8	13.1%
2019	3	4.9%
2020	3	4.9%
2021	4	6.6%
2022	4	6.6%
2023	7	11.5%
2024	2	3.3%
2025partial year	6	9.8%

Which technologies does Kimball International, Inc. patent most?

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 5

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 4

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

H04B - Transmission 2

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 1

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Kimball International, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kimball International, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture), 8.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47B
Ranked #5,601 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kimball International, Inc. against Inpria Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.0/100 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

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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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