Where does Kimberly-Clark Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kimberly-Clark Inc. ranks #48,133 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 Kimberly-Clark Inc. hold?

Kimberly-Clark Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Kimberly-Clark Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kimberly-Clark Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.1 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kimberly-Clark Inc. focus on?

Kimberly-Clark Inc.'s top technology area is B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses) with 1 patents, ranking #192 of 286 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kimberly-Clark Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kimberly-Clark Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Kimberly-Clark Inc.'s patents?

Kimberly-Clark Inc.'s patents average 13.0 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 Kimberly-Clark 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

Kimberly-Clark Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kimberly-clark ranks #48,133 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 16 technology areas.

#48,133
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.1/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48133 · US Corporation #48,133 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,133/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Keyway Innovations…
CPC-FOCUS B41F · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Keyway Innovations (Shanghai) Company 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 Kimberly-clark’s 48.1 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 6.2 pts (13%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 14.1 pts (29%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kimberly-Clark · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kimberly-clark's Innovation Score is 48.1/100 (top 17% 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 Kimberly-clark?

Each dot is one of Kimberly-clark’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). Kimberly-clark’s own 13.0 claims/patent is at or below the 17.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kimberly-clark's grants concentrate

Kimberly-Clark Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Kimberly-clark sits between Keyway Innovations (Shanghai) Company Limited and King Kutter, Inc..

Kimberly-clark's three-year grant acceleration

Kimberly-Clark Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Keyway Innovation…

5
Kickstart Interna…

5
Kigan Industry

5
Kiinja

5
Kimbia

5
Kinetech

5
Kinetics Drive So…

5
King Kutter

5
Kimberly-clark ◀

5

What this shows Kimberly-Clark holds 5 patents at rank #48,212, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kimberly-Clark

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,212 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Kimberly-Clark's primary technology class.

Kimberly-clark's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Kimberly-Clark Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2024	3	60.0%

Which technologies does Kimberly-Clark Inc. patent most?

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 1

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 1

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

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 1

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 1

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 1

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 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Kimberly-Clark Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kimberly-Clark Inc.'s lead technology class is B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41F
Ranked #48,133 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kimberly-Clark Inc. against Keyway Innovations (Shanghai) Company Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.1/100 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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