Where does Knight Vision Lllp rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Knight Vision Lllp ranks #41,257 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 Vision Lllp hold?

Knight Vision Lllp holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2019, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Knight Vision Lllp's Innovation Score?

Knight Vision Lllp has an Innovation Score of 24.7 out of 100 (15th percentile 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 Vision Lllp focus on?

Knight Vision Lllp's top technology area is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming) with 4 patents, ranking #107 of 307 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Knight Vision Lllp's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Knight Vision Lllp's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Vision Lllp's patents?

Knight Vision Lllp's patents average 16.8 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 Vision Lllp 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 Vision Lllp

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2019. 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: F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Knight ranks #41,257 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#41,257
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.7/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41257 · US Corporation #41,257 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,257/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Klas
CPC-NARROW F41G · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Klas Technologies Limited (±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 24.7 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 6.7 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Knight Vision Lllp · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Knight's Innovation Score is 24.7/100 (15th 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 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 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 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 Vision Lllp is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Knight sits between Klas Technologies Limited and Kochi University of Technology.

Klas

6
Klear Solutions

6
Klein Medical

6
Klevaklip Systems…

6
Knitting Fever

6
Kobo

6
Koch Membrane Sys…

6
Kochi University…

6
Knight Vision Lllp ◀

6

What this shows Knight holds 6 patents at rank #41,264, 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 #41,264 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41G (Weapon Sights)

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)

25 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2019

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 Vision Lllp patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2018	2	33.3%
2019	3	50.0%

Which technologies does Knight Vision Lllp patent most?

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 1

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Knight Vision Lllp's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Knight Vision Lllp's lead technology class is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41G
Ranked #41,257 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Knight Vision Lllp against Klas Technologies Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.7/100 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.