Where does Kingston Technology Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kingston Technology Corporation ranks #19,980 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 Technology Corporation hold?

Kingston Technology Corporation holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Kingston Technology Corporation's Innovation Score?

Kingston Technology Corporation has an Innovation Score of 31.1 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kingston Technology Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kingston Technology Corporation's recent grant velocity is +33% 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 Kingston Technology Corporation's patents?

Kingston Technology Corporation's patents average 10.7 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 Kingston Technology Corporation 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 Technology Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Kingston Technology Corporation focus on?

Kingston Technology Corporation's top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 4 patents, ranking #536 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kingston ranks #19,980 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 8 technology areas.

#19,980
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.1/100): 10.7
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19980 · US Corporation #19,980 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,980/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Keter Home AND…
CPC-NARROW H04R · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Keter Home AND Garden Products Ltd (±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 31.1 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 9.4 pts (30%) Velocity 5.3 pts (17%) Breadth 10.0 pts (32%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kingston Technology · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kingston's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (37th 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 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 10.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kingston's grants concentrate

Kingston Technology Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 28.6% of grants classified under H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Kingston sits between Keter Home AND Garden Products Ltd and Kogakuin University.

Kingston's three-year grant acceleration

Kingston Technology Corporation shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Keter Home AND Ga…

14
Kettenbach & KG

14
Keuro Besitz & ED…

14
Keyang Electric M…

14
Kitagawa Ironworks

14
Kiverdi

14
Kobelco Cranes

14
Kogakuin Universi…

14
Kingston Technolo… ◀

14

What this shows Kingston holds 14 patents at rank #19,970, 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 #19,970 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Kingston's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Kingston Technology Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	21.4%
2016	1	7.1%
2018	1	7.1%
2019	1	7.1%
2020	1	7.1%
2021	3	21.4%
2022	4	28.6%

Which technologies does Kingston Technology Corporation patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 4

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

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

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

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

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 1

Top 8 of 8 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 Technology Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kingston Technology Corporation's lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 28.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #19,980 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kingston Technology Corporation against Keter Home AND Garden Products Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.1/100 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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