Where does Kimber IP, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kimber IP, LLC ranks #14,096 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 Kimber IP, LLC hold?

Kimber IP, LLC holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Kimber IP, LLC's Innovation Score?

Kimber IP, LLC has an Innovation Score of 30.2 out of 100 (34th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kimber IP, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kimber IP, LLC's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Kimber IP, LLC's patents?

Kimber IP, LLC's patents average 3.9 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 Kimber IP, 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

Kimber IP, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Kimber IP, LLC focus on?

Kimber IP, LLC's top technology area is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance) with 12 patents, ranking #43 of 374 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 3 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kimber ranks #14,096 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 3 technology areas.

#14,096
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.2/100): 3.9
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14096 · US Corporation #14,096 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,096/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Karus Therapeutics
CPC-NARROW F41A · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Karus Therapeutics Limited (±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 Kimber’s 30.2 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 10.7 pts (35%) Velocity 11.1 pts (37%) Breadth 6.1 pts (20%) Claim depth 2.3 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Kimber IP · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Kimber's Innovation Score is 30.2/100 (34th 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 Kimber?

Each dot is one of Kimber’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). Kimber’s own 3.9 claims/patent is at or below the 14.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kimber's grants concentrate

Kimber IP, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Kimber sits between Karus Therapeutics Limited and Kuster North America, Inc..

Kimber's three-year grant acceleration

Kimber IP, LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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21

What this shows Kimber holds 21 patents at rank #14,099, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kimber

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,099 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)

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

Kimber's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% 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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Kimber IP, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.8%
2017	6	28.6%
2018	1	4.8%
2020	2	9.5%
2021	1	4.8%
2022	2	9.5%
2023	1	4.8%
2024	2	9.5%
2025partial year	5	23.8%

Which technologies does Kimber IP, LLC patent most?

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 12

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 5

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Kimber IP, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kimber IP, LLC's lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
Ranked #14,096 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kimber IP, LLC against Karus Therapeutics Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.2/100 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

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