Where does Kitz SCT Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kitz SCT Corporation ranks #14,723 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 Kitz SCT Corporation hold?

Kitz SCT Corporation holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Kitz SCT Corporation's Innovation Score?

Kitz SCT Corporation has an Innovation Score of 28.3 out of 100 (27th 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 Kitz SCT Corporation focus on?

Kitz SCT Corporation's top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating) with 18 patents, ranking #112 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kitz SCT Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kitz SCT Corporation's recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Kitz SCT Corporation's patents?

Kitz SCT Corporation's patents average 7.4 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 Kitz SCT 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 Foreign Corporation

Kitz SCT Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 9 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kitz ranks #14,723 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 9 technology areas.

#14,723
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.3/100): 7.4
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14723 · Foreign Corporation #14,723 · 20 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,723/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kajeet
CPC-NARROW F16K · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kajeet, 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 Kitz’s 28.3 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 10.5 pts (37%) Velocity 2.8 pts (10%) Breadth 10.6 pts (37%) Claim depth 4.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kitz SCT · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kitz's Innovation Score is 28.3/100 (27th 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 Kitz?

Each dot is one of Kitz’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). Kitz’s own 7.4 claims/patent is at or below the 13.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kitz's grants concentrate

Kitz SCT Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Kitz sits between Kajeet, Inc. and Komatsu NTC Ltd..

Kitz's three-year grant acceleration

Kitz SCT Corporation shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

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What this shows Kitz holds 20 patents at rank #14,715, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kitz

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,715 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

Kitz's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% 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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Kitz SCT Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	5.0%
2018	2	10.0%
2019	2	10.0%
2020	4	20.0%
2021	6	30.0%
2022	2	10.0%
2024	3	15.0%

Which technologies does Kitz SCT Corporation patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 18

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

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; 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Kitz SCT Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kitz SCT Corporation's lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #14,723 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kitz SCT Corporation against Kajeet, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.3/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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