Where does Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. ranks #3,377 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 Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. hold?

Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. holds 110 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kinze Manufacturing, 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 Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. focus on?

Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.'s top technology area is A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising) with 100 patents. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -41% 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 Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.'s patents?

Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.'s patents average 16.9 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 Kinze Manufacturing, 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

Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 110 granted patents across 23 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: A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kinze ranks #3,377 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 110 patents across 23 technology areas.

#3,377
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.1/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -41%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3377 · US Corporation #3,377 · 110 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 110 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,377/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH FuelCell Energy
CPC-FOCUS A01C · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -41% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: FuelCell Energy, Inc. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hino Motors · near

48
Kinze Manufacturing · this assignee

48
Phase Sensitive… · near

48
Sartorius Stedim… · near

48
Teladoc Health · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kinze'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.

Where Kinze's grants concentrate

Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 90.9% of grants classified under A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (19 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2015. By volume, Kinze sits between FuelCell Energy, Inc. and Safran Ceramics.

Kinze's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. moved from 32 to 23 grants (0.72x 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 #2,090. See the growth leaderboard.

Fuelcell Energy

110
G D S P A

110
Harmonic

110
King's College Lo…

110
National Taipei U…

110
OJI Holdings

110
Op-hygiene IP

110
Safran Ceramics

110
Kinze Manufacturi… ◀

110

What this shows Kinze holds 110 patents at rank #3,377, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kinze

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,377 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01C (Planting)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kinze, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Hino Motors, Ltd. 48 Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS 48 Phase Sensitive Innovations, Inc. 48 Teladoc Health, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.9 here).

Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. 16.9 avg Nelson Irrigation Corporation 16.9 avg American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. 16.9 avg Saudi Arabian OIL Company 16.9 avg

Kinze'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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	3.6%
2016	9	8.2%
2017	18	16.4%
2018	19	17.3%
2019	16	14.5%
2020	8	7.3%
2021	8	7.3%
2022	7	6.4%
2023	5	4.5%
2024	11	10.0%
2025partial year	5	4.5%

Which technologies does Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. patent most?

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 100

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 41

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 14

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 12

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 9

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 7

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 6

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 6

B60D - Vehicle Connections 6

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 4

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 3

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

Top 15 of 23 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,377

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising), 90.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01C
Ranked #3,377 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. against FuelCell Energy, Inc., 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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