Where does Kinematics, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kinematics, LLC ranks #22,860 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 Kinematics, LLC hold?

Kinematics, LLC holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Kinematics, LLC's Innovation Score?

Kinematics, LLC has an Innovation Score of 32.0 out of 100 (40th 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 Kinematics, LLC focus on?

Kinematics, LLC's top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 11 patents, ranking #223 of 1,603 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

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

Kinematics, LLC's recent grant velocity is +133% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Kinematics, LLC's patents?

Kinematics, LLC's patents average 15.7 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 Kinematics, 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

Kinematics, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: F16H (Gearing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kinematics ranks #22,860 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 13 technology areas.

#22,860
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.0/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: +133%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22860 · US Corporation #22,860 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,860/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kaiam
CPC-FOCUS F16H · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +133% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kaiam Corp. (±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 Kinematics’s 32.0 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 8.9 pts (28%) Velocity 1.0 pts (3%) Breadth 12.7 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kinematics · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kinematics's Innovation Score is 32.0/100 (40th 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 Kinematics?

Each dot is one of Kinematics’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). Kinematics’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kinematics's grants concentrate

Kinematics, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 91.7% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Kinematics sits between Kaiam Corp. and Koninklijke Fabriek Inventum B.V..

Kinematics's three-year grant acceleration

Kinematics, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Kaiam

12
Kamterter Products

12
Karlsruhe Institu…

12
Keros Therapeutics

12
Kineta

12
Knightscope

12
Knix Wear

12
Koninklijke Fabri…

12
Kinematics ◀

12

What this shows Kinematics holds 12 patents at rank #22,864, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kinematics

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,864 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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

Kinematics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kinematics, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	1	8.3%
2020	3	25.0%
2021	3	25.0%
2023	1	8.3%
2025partial year	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Kinematics, LLC patent most?

F16H - Gearing 11

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 4

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 3

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 3

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 1

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 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

B23F - Making Gears OR Toothed Racks 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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

Kinematics, LLC's lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 91.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #22,860 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kinematics, LLC against Kaiam Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.0/100 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

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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