Where does Klein Tools, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Klein Tools, Inc. ranks #4,891 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 Klein Tools, Inc. hold?

Klein Tools, Inc. holds 71 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Klein Tools, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Klein Tools, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 56.5 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Klein Tools, Inc. focus on?

Klein Tools, Inc.'s top technology area is B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding) with 14 patents, ranking #37 of 768 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is Klein Tools, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Klein Tools, Inc.'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 Klein Tools, Inc.'s patents?

Klein Tools, Inc.'s patents average 12.5 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 Klein Tools, 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

Klein Tools, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 71 granted patents across 32 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: B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Klein ranks #4,891 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 32 technology areas.

#4,891
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.5/100): 12.5
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4891 · US Corporation #4,891 · 71 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 71 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,891/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH International…
CPC-FOCUS B25B · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: International Rectifier Corporation (±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 Klein’s 56.5 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 14.8 pts (26%) Velocity 14.2 pts (25%) Breadth 20.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Flextronics AP · near

56
Klein Tools · this assignee

56
Lord · near

56
Nexans · near

56
Veoneer US · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Klein's Innovation Score is 56.5/100 (top 6% 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 Klein?

Each dot is one of Klein’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). Klein’s own 12.5 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Klein's grants concentrate

Klein Tools, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 19.7% of grants classified under B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (14 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Klein sits between International Rectifier Corporation and Markforged, Inc.

Klein's three-year grant acceleration

Klein Tools, Inc. shows 32 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

International Rec…

71
Inventus Holdings

71
Io Therapeutics

71
Kikkoman

71
L&L Candle

71
LS Cable & System

71
Luxembourg Instit…

71
Markforged

71
Klein Tools ◀

71

What this shows Klein holds 71 patents at rank #4,891, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Klein

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,891 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Klein, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices), Klein ranks #37 of 768 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Lord Corporation 56 Veoneer US LLC 56 Nexans 56 Flextronics AP, LLC 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.5 here).

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG 12.5 avg Magneti Marelli S.p.A. 12.5 avg Wagner Spray Tech Corporation 12.5 avg Syracuse University 12.5 avg

Klein's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Klein Tools, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.4%
2016	3	4.2%
2017	1	1.4%
2018	8	11.3%
2019	2	2.8%
2020	1	1.4%
2021	12	16.9%
2022	14	19.7%
2023	6	8.5%
2024	12	16.9%
2025partial year	11	15.5%

Which technologies does Klein Tools, Inc. patent most?

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 14

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 8

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 5

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 5

B25G - Handles FOR Hand Implements 5

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 4

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 4

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 4

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 4

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 4

B25C - Hand-held Nailing OR Stapling TOOLS; Manually Operated Portable Stapling Tools 3

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 3

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 3

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

Top 15 of 32 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

Klein Tools, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Klein Tools, Inc.'s lead technology class is B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding), 19.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25B
Ranked #4,891 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Klein Tools, Inc. against International Rectifier Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.5/100 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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