Where does Kingston Digital, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kingston Digital, Inc. ranks #3,657 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 Kingston Digital, Inc. hold?

Kingston Digital, Inc. holds 100 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Kingston Digital, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kingston Digital, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.7 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kingston Digital, Inc. focus on?

Kingston Digital, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 17 patents, ranking #1,573 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kingston Digital, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kingston Digital, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -64% 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 Kingston Digital, Inc.'s patents?

Kingston Digital, Inc.'s patents average 5.8 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 Kingston Digital, 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

Kingston Digital, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 100 granted patents across 15 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kingston ranks #3,657 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 100 patents across 15 technology areas.

#3,657
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.7/100): 5.8
avg claims per patent: -64%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3657 · US Corporation #3,657 · 100 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 100 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,657/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH FCA Italy S p A
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -64% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: FCA Italy S.p.A. (±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 Kingston’s 36.7 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 15.9 pts (43%) Velocity 3.6 pts (10%) Breadth 13.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 3.5 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Centrix · near

37
Distalmotion · near

37
FullStory · near

37
Hornady Manufacturing · near

37
Kingston Digital · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kingston's Innovation Score is 36.7/100 (top 46% 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 Kingston?

Each dot is one of Kingston’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). Kingston’s own 5.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kingston's grants concentrate

Kingston Digital, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 17% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (18 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Kingston sits between FCA Italy S.p.A. and MultiDimension Technology Co., Ltd..

Kingston's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kingston Digital, Inc. moved from 28 to 15 grants (0.54x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,604. See the growth leaderboard.

FCA Italy S p A

100
Forescout

100
GE Healthcare

100
Huawei Canada

100
Laboratory OF Ame…

100
Litens Automotive…

100
Leap Motion

100
Multidimension Te…

100
Kingston Digital ◀

100

What this shows Kingston holds 100 patents at rank #3,657, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kingston

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,657 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kingston, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Kingston ranks #1,573 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Centrix Inc. 37 Distalmotion SA 37 Hornady Manufacturing Company 37 FullStory, Inc. 37

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (5.8 here).

Shukla Medical 5.8 avg Puma SE 5.8 avg Tempur-Pedic Management, LLC 5.8 avg Fujitsu Frontech Limited 5.8 avg

Kingston's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% 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.

View data table

Kingston Digital, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	8.0%
2016	10	10.0%
2017	17	17.0%
2018	17	17.0%
2019	18	18.0%
2020	9	9.0%
2021	1	1.0%
2022	5	5.0%
2023	4	4.0%
2024	6	6.0%
2025partial year	5	5.0%

Which technologies does Kingston Digital, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 17

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 17

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 10

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

G11C - Static Stores 3

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

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

H04B - Transmission 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Kingston Digital, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kingston Digital, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 17% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #3,657 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kingston Digital, Inc. against FCA Italy S.p.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.7/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.