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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Knoll, Inc. ranks #3,779 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 Knoll, Inc. hold?

Knoll, Inc. holds 96 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Knoll, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Knoll, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.0 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Knoll, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -28% 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 Knoll, Inc.'s patents?

Knoll, Inc.'s patents average 10.0 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 Knoll, 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

Knoll, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Knoll, Inc. focus on?

Knoll, Inc.'s top technology area is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture) with 26 patents. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 96 granted patents across 32 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, Knoll ranks #3,779 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 96 patents across 32 technology areas.

#3,779
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (44.0/100): 10.0
avg claims per patent: -28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3779 · US Corporation #3,779 · 96 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 96 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,779/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hallmark Cards…
CPC-FOCUS A47B · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hallmark Cards, Incorporated (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
A5G Networks · near

44
Anaergia · near

44
Atomic Energy OF… · near

44
Cellphone-Mate · near

44
Knoll · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Knoll's Innovation Score is 44.0/100 (top 27% 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.

Where Knoll's grants concentrate

Knoll, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 27.1% of grants classified under A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (18 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Knoll sits between Hallmark Cards, Incorporated and Rosemount Tank Radar AB.

Knoll's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Knoll, Inc. moved from 40 to 13 grants (0.33x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Hallmark Cards In…

96
J Morita MFG

96
John Bean

96
Karma Automotive

96
Lite-on Opto Tech…

96
Mitsubishi Tanabe…

96
Rogers

96
Rosemount Tank Ra…

96
Knoll ◀

96

What this shows Knoll holds 96 patents at rank #3,779, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Knoll

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,779 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47B (Tables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Knoll, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Atomic Energy OF Canada Limited 44 Anaergia Inc. 44 Cellphone-Mate, Inc. 44 A5G Networks, Inc. 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.0 here).

Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 10.0 avg Toagosei Co., Ltd. 10.0 avg Fast IP, LLC 10.0 avg Jenoptik Optical Systems GmbH 10.0 avg

Knoll's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Knoll, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	6.3%
2016	5	5.2%
2017	18	18.8%
2018	11	11.5%
2019	14	14.6%
2020	15	15.6%
2021	11	11.5%
2022	2	2.1%
2023	5	5.2%
2024	6	6.3%
2025partial year	3	3.1%

Which technologies does Knoll, Inc. patent most?

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 26

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 20

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 11

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 6

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 4

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 2

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 2

B68G - Methods, Equipment, OR Machines FOR USE IN UPHOLSTERING; Upholstery NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 2

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

Top 15 of 32 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,779

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

44.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Knoll, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture), 27.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47B
Ranked #3,779 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Knoll, Inc. against Hallmark Cards, Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.0/100 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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