Where does Kit Masters Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kit Masters Inc. ranks #14,722 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 Kit Masters Inc. hold?

Kit Masters Inc. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Kit Masters Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kit Masters Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.4 out of 100 (38th 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 Kit Masters Inc. focus on?

Kit Masters Inc.'s top technology area is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes) with 11 patents, ranking #136 of 1,090 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kit Masters Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kit Masters Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -82% 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 Kit Masters Inc.'s patents?

Kit Masters Inc.'s patents average 11.6 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 Kit Masters 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

Kit Masters Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kit ranks #14,722 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 11 technology areas.

#14,722
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.4/100): 11.6
avg claims per patent: -82%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14722 · US Corporation #14,722 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,722/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Katz Water Tech
CPC-FOCUS F16D · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -82% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Katz Water Tech LLC (±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 Kit’s 31.4 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 10.5 pts (34%) Velocity 2.2 pts (7%) Breadth 11.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 6.9 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kit Masters · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kit's Innovation Score is 31.4/100 (38th 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 Kit?

Each dot is one of Kit’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). Kit’s own 11.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kit's grants concentrate

Kit Masters Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 55% of grants classified under F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Kit sits between Kverneland Group Ravenna S.R.L. and Kurin, Inc..

Kit's three-year grant acceleration

Kit Masters Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Kverneland Group…

20
Katz Water Tech

20
Kbautotech

20
Kinetic Pressure…

20
Konica Minolta Op…

20
Kuhn Rikon

20
Kunshan League Au…

20
Kurin

20
Kit Masters ◀

20

What this shows Kit holds 20 patents at rank #14,731, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kit

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,731 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting Rotation)

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

Kit's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 38th percentile higher than 38% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Kit Masters Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	60.0%
2017	3	15.0%
2018	1	5.0%
2019	1	5.0%
2020	2	10.0%
2023	1	5.0%

Which technologies does Kit Masters Inc. patent most?

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 3

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 3

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 3

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 3

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 3

F16H - Gearing 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Kit Masters Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kit Masters Inc.'s lead technology class is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes), 55% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16D
Ranked #14,722 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kit Masters Inc. against Kverneland Group Ravenna S.R.L., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.4/100 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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