Where does Knight, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Knight, LLC ranks #29,216 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 Knight, LLC hold?

Knight, LLC holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Knight, LLC's Innovation Score?

Knight, LLC has an Innovation Score of 48.2 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Knight, LLC focus on?

Knight, LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 5 patents, ranking #6,197 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Knight, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Knight, LLC's recent grant velocity is -20% 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 Knight, LLC's patents?

Knight, LLC's patents average 18.1 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 Knight, LLC 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

Knight, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 7 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Knight ranks #29,216 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 7 technology areas.

#29,216
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.2/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29216 · US Corporation #29,216 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,216/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kheiron Medical
CPC-NARROW G06F · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kheiron Medical Technologies Ltd. (±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 Knight’s 48.2 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 (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 9.4 pts (19%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Knight · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Knight's Innovation Score is 48.2/100 (top 17% 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 Knight?

Each dot is one of Knight’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). Knight’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Knight's grants concentrate

Knight, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Knight sits between Kheiron Medical Technologies Ltd. and Kompoferm GmbH.

Knight's three-year grant acceleration

Knight, LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Kheiron Medical

9
Kiniksa Pharmaceu…

9
Kinshofer

9
Klöckner Pentapla…

9
Kobe Bio Robotix

9
Kochi Prefectural…

9
Kolberg-pioneer

9
Kompoferm

9
Knight ◀

9

What this shows Knight holds 9 patents at rank #29,211, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Knight

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,211 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Knight's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% 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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Knight, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	11.1%
2017	4	44.4%
2020	1	11.1%
2022	1	11.1%
2023	1	11.1%
2024	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Knight, LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 1

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Knight, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Knight, LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #29,216 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Knight, LLC against Kheiron Medical Technologies Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.2/100 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

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.