Where does Kitaru Innovations Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kitaru Innovations Inc. ranks #16,931 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 Kitaru Innovations Inc. hold?

Kitaru Innovations Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Kitaru Innovations Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kitaru Innovations Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.7 out of 100 (39th 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 Kitaru Innovations Inc. focus on?

Kitaru Innovations Inc.'s top technology area is B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables) with 14 patents, ranking #93 of 1,019 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kitaru Innovations Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kitaru Innovations Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +43% 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 Kitaru Innovations Inc.'s patents?

Kitaru Innovations Inc.'s patents average 15.9 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 Kitaru Innovations 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 Foreign Corporation

Kitaru Innovations Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 8 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: B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kitaru ranks #16,931 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 8 technology areas.

#16,931
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.7/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: +43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16931 · Foreign Corporation #16,931 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,931/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kaydon Ring & Seal
CPC-NARROW B65H · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kaydon Ring & Seal, 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 Kitaru’s 31.7 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 10.0 pts (32%) Velocity 2.2 pts (7%) Breadth 10.0 pts (32%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kitaru Innovations · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kitaru's Innovation Score is 31.7/100 (39th 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 Kitaru?

Each dot is one of Kitaru’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). Kitaru’s own 15.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kitaru's grants concentrate

Kitaru Innovations Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 82.4% of grants classified under B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Kitaru sits between Kaydon Ring & Seal, Inc. and KSi Conveyor, Inc..

Kitaru's three-year grant acceleration

Kitaru Innovations Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Kaydon Ring & Seal

17
Kids II Hape Join…

17
Kimoto

17
Kinesio IP

17
Kpit

17
Kratos Integral H…

17
KSQ Therapeutics

17
Ksi Conveyor

17
Kitaru Innovations ◀

17

What this shows Kitaru holds 17 patents at rank #16,922, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kitaru

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,922 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material)

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

Kitaru's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% 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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Kitaru Innovations Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	11.8%
2016	1	5.9%
2018	2	11.8%
2019	2	11.8%
2020	3	17.6%
2021	4	23.5%
2022	1	5.9%
2023	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Kitaru Innovations Inc. patent most?

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 14

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

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 2

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 2

B41K - STAMPS; Stamping OR Numbering Apparatus OR Devices 2

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 2

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 1

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

Kitaru Innovations Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kitaru Innovations Inc.'s lead technology class is B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables), 82.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65H
Ranked #16,931 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kitaru Innovations Inc. against Kaydon Ring & Seal, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.7/100 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

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