Where does Knightscope, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Knightscope, Inc. ranks #22,865 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 Knightscope, Inc. hold?

Knightscope, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Knightscope, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Knightscope, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.0 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 Knightscope, Inc. focus on?

Knightscope, Inc.'s top technology area is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables) with 8 patents, ranking #407 of 2,515 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Knightscope, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Knightscope, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -29% 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 Knightscope, Inc.'s patents?

Knightscope, Inc.'s patents average 15.8 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 Knightscope, Inc. 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

Knightscope, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Knightscope ranks #22,865 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 15 technology areas.

#22,865
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.0/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22865 · US Corporation #22,865 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,865/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Karlsruhe Institute…
CPC-FOCUS G05D · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (±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 Knightscope’s 36.0 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 8.9 pts (25%) Velocity 4.0 pts (11%) Breadth 13.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Knightscope · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Knightscope's Innovation Score is 36.0/100 (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 Knightscope?

Each dot is one of Knightscope’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). Knightscope’s own 15.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Knightscope's grants concentrate

Knightscope, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Knightscope sits between Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Korex Canada Company.

Knightscope's three-year grant acceleration

Knightscope, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Karlsruhe Institu…

12
Keros Therapeutics

12
Kinematics

12
Kineta

12
Knix Wear

12
Koninklijke Fabri…

12
Kooima

12
Korex Canada

12
Knightscope ◀

12

What this shows Knightscope holds 12 patents at rank #22,866, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Knightscope

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,866 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables)

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

Knightscope'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 · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Knightscope, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	8.3%
2017	2	16.7%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	3	25.0%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	1	8.3%
2023	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Knightscope, Inc. patent most?

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 8

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 8

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 6

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 6

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 6

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 3

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 3

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 3

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 1

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 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Knightscope, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Knightscope, Inc.'s lead technology class is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05D
Ranked #22,865 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Knightscope, Inc. against Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.0/100 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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