USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Knapp Investment Company Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 16 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: G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

18.2

Avg claims per patent

-68%

5-year grant velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Knapp ranks #12,077 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 16 technology areas.

#12,077
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.6/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: -68%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Knapp Investment Company Limited has been granted 25 US utility patents between 2015 and 2023, placing Knapp Investment Company Limited at #12,077 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 16 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 18.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING). As a Foreign Corporation, Knapp Investment Company Limited is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Knapp sits between Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha (25 patents, rank #12,073) and LA Termoplastic F.b.m. S.r.l. (25 patents, rank #12,081) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 38.6/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 6 grants, compared with 19 in the 2015–2019 window, a -68% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Knapp Investment Company Limited's 18.2 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 16 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

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What this shows Knapp holds 25 patents at rank #12,077, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Knapp

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,077 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital DATA Processing)

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

Knapp's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 50,000 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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Knapp Investment Company Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	16.0%
2016	6	24.0%
2017	3	12.0%
2018	4	16.0%
2019	2	8.0%
2020	4	16.0%
2022	1	4.0%
2023	1	4.0%

Which technologies does Knapp Investment Company Limited patent most?

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 14

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 11

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 6

G06Q - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 6

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 5

G11B - INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER 4

H04M - TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION 4

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 2

G10L - SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING 1

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 1

Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS 1

G07F - COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS 1

G06K - GRAPHICAL DATA READING ; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS 1

B60W - CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT 1

G08G - TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS 1

Top 15 of 16 technology areas

Grant record at a glance

Portfolio Volume 25 grants

CPC subclasses 16

Avg. claims / grant 18.2

Velocity -68%

Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#12,077

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

38.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Knapp Investment Company Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Knapp Investment Company Limited ranks #12,077 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Knapp Investment Company Limited hold?

Knapp Investment Company Limited holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Knapp Investment Company Limited's Innovation Score?

Knapp Investment Company Limited has an Innovation Score of 38.6 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Knapp Investment Company Limited focus on?

Knapp Investment Company Limited's top technology area is G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING) with 14 patents. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Knapp Investment Company Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Knapp Investment Company Limited's recent grant velocity is -68% 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 Knapp Investment Company Limited's patents?

Knapp Investment Company Limited's patents average 18.2 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 Knapp Investment Company Limited 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.

How to use this portfolio

Knapp's 25 grants land it in the top 40% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Knapp ranks #12,077 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in G06F - see who else leads that technology area. G06F leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.