Where does Kiro Grifols, S.L. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kiro Grifols, S.L. ranks #21,342 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 Kiro Grifols, S.L. hold?

Kiro Grifols, S.L. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Kiro Grifols, S.L.'s Innovation Score?

Kiro Grifols, S.L. has an Innovation Score of 33.3 out of 100 (44th 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 Kiro Grifols, S.L. focus on?

Kiro Grifols, S.L.'s top technology area is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking) with 9 patents, ranking #146 of 1,343 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kiro Grifols, S.L.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kiro Grifols, S.L.'s recent grant velocity is +125% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Kiro Grifols, S.L.'s patents?

Kiro Grifols, S.L.'s patents average 13.2 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 Kiro Grifols, S.L. 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 Foreign Corporation

Kiro Grifols, S.L.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kiro ranks #21,342 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 5 technology areas.

#21,342
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.3/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: +125%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21342 · Foreign Corporation #21,342 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,342/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kent Pet Group
CPC-NARROW B65B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +125% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kent Pet Group, 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.

How Kiro’s 33.3 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 9.1 pts (27%) Velocity 8.3 pts (25%) Breadth 7.9 pts (24%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kiro Grifols S L · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kiro's Innovation Score is 33.3/100 (44th 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 Kiro?

Each dot is one of Kiro’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). Kiro’s own 13.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kiro's grants concentrate

Kiro Grifols, S.L. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 69.2% of grants classified under B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Kiro sits between Kent Pet Group, Inc. and Kopter Group AG.

Kiro's three-year grant acceleration

Kiro Grifols, S.L. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Kent Pet Group

13
Ki Mobility

13
Kienle + Spiess

13
Kiomars Anvari

13
Kiwico

13
Klipsch Group

13
Kolo

13
Kopter Group

13
Kiro Grifols S L ◀

13

What this shows Kiro holds 13 patents at rank #21,350, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kiro

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,350 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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

Kiro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

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

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Kiro Grifols, S.L. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	15.4%
2018	2	15.4%
2020	3	23.1%
2021	1	7.7%
2022	1	7.7%
2023	2	15.4%
2024	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Kiro Grifols, S.L. patent most?

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 9

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 7

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 7

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 2

B67B - Applying Closure Members TO Bottles Jars, OR Similar CONTAINERS; Opening Closed Containers 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Kiro Grifols, S.L.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kiro Grifols, S.L.'s lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 69.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
Ranked #21,342 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kiro Grifols, S.L. against Kent Pet Group, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.3/100 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

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