Where does KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd. ranks #24,650 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 KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd. hold?

KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 26.9 out of 100 (22nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +133% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd.'s patents?

KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd.'s patents average 9.1 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 KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd. 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

KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd. focus on?

KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is F16G (Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor) with 5 patents, ranking #38 of 244 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 5 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: F16G (Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, KMC ranks #24,650 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 5 technology areas.

#24,650
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (26.9/100): 9.1
avg claims per patent: +133%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24650 · Foreign Corporation #24,650 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,650/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kinamed
CPC-NARROW F16G · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +133% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kinamed, 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 KMC’s 26.9 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 8.6 pts (32%) Velocity 5.0 pts (19%) Breadth 7.9 pts (29%) Claim depth 5.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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KMC Chain Industrial · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows KMC's Innovation Score is 26.9/100 (22nd 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 KMC?

Each dot is one of KMC’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). KMC’s own 9.1 claims/patent is at or below the 11.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where KMC's grants concentrate

KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 45.5% of grants classified under F16G (Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, KMC sits between Kinamed, Inc. and Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd..

KMC's three-year grant acceleration

KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd. shows 3 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.

Kinamed

11
Kings Mountain In…

11
Kitamura Machinery

11
Klatu Networks

11
Kno2

11
Know Systems

11
Koch Biological S…

11
Kojima Press Indu…

11
KMC Chain Industr… ◀

11

What this shows KMC holds 11 patents at rank #24,629, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KMC

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,629 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16G (Belts)

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

KMC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% 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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KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2018	2	18.2%
2020	2	18.2%
2021	2	18.2%
2022	2	18.2%
2023	1	9.1%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd. patent most?

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 5

F16H - Gearing 2

B62M - Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

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

KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is F16G (Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor), 45.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16G
Ranked #24,650 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd. against Kinamed, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.9/100 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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