Where does Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company ranks #29,215 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 Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company hold?

Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company's Innovation Score?

Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company has an Innovation Score of 36.3 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company focus on?

Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company's top technology area is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture) with 8 patents, ranking #99 of 990 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company's patents?

Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company's patents average 20.3 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 Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company 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

Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Knape ranks #29,215 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 3 technology areas.

#29,215
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.3/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29215 · US Corporation #29,215 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,215/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kezzler AS
CPC-NARROW A47B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kezzler AS (±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 Knape’s 36.3 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 8.0 pts (22%) Velocity 10.0 pts (28%) Breadth 6.1 pts (17%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Knape & Vogt… · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Knape's Innovation Score is 36.3/100 (top 47% 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 Knape?

Each dot is one of Knape’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). Knape’s own 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Knape's grants concentrate

Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Knape sits between Kezzler AS and Kochi University.

Knape's three-year grant acceleration

Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Kezzler AS

9
Kingfar Internati…

9
Kirusa

9
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9
KOA Glass

9
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9
Kobo Products

9
Kochi University

9
Knape & Vogt Manu… ◀

9

What this shows Knape holds 9 patents at rank #29,177, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Knape

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,177 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47B (Tables)

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

Knape's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	22.2%
2018	2	22.2%
2019	2	22.2%
2022	1	11.1%
2023	1	11.1%
2024	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company patent most?

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 8

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 4

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company's lead technology class is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47B
Ranked #29,215 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company against Kezzler AS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.3/100 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

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