Where does KnowBe4, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KnowBe4, Inc. ranks #2,629 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 KnowBe4, Inc. hold?

KnowBe4, Inc. holds 148 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is KnowBe4, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

KnowBe4, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.9 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does KnowBe4, Inc. focus on?

KnowBe4, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 143 patents, ranking #275 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is KnowBe4, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

KnowBe4, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +532% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for KnowBe4, Inc.'s patents?

KnowBe4, Inc.'s patents average 20.8 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 KnowBe4, 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

KnowBe4, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 148 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Knowbe4 ranks #2,629 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 148 patents across 7 technology areas.

#2,629
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.9/100): 20.8
avg claims per patent: +532%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2629 · US Corporation #2,629 · 148 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 148 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,629/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Deutsches Zentrum…
CPC-NARROW H04L · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +532% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V. (±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 Knowbe4’s 46.9 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 17.3 pts (37%) Velocity 7.8 pts (17%) Breadth 9.4 pts (20%) Claim depth 12.5 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ECO Holding 1 · near

47
Harro Hoefliger… · near

47
KnowBe4 · this assignee

47
Magna Powertrain · near

47
Nihon Micronics · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Knowbe4's Innovation Score is 46.9/100 (top 20% 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 Knowbe4?

Each dot is one of Knowbe4’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). Knowbe4’s own 20.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Knowbe4 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Knowbe4's grants concentrate

KnowBe4, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 96.6% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (28 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2017. By volume, Knowbe4 sits between Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V. and The University Of Queensland.

Knowbe4's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, KnowBe4, Inc. moved from 60 to 70 grants (1.17x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #844. See the growth leaderboard.

Deutsches Zentrum…

148
Elo Touch Solutio…

148
FIH (HONG KONG)

148
IP Holding

148
Maschinenfabrik R…

148
Mitsubishi Aircra…

148
Ocient Holdings

148
The University Of…

148
Knowbe4 ◀

148

What this shows KnowBe4 holds 148 patents at rank #2,629, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KnowBe4

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,629 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in KnowBe4's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for KnowBe4, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), KnowBe4 ranks #275 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics 47 ECO Holding 1 GmbH 47 Magna Powertrain, Inc. 47 Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.8 here).

TPK Touch Solutions Inc. 20.8 avg Saipem S.P.A. 20.7 avg X Display Company Technology Limited 20.8 avg Educational Testing Service 20.7 avg

Knowbe4's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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KnowBe4, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	2.0%
2018	6	4.1%
2019	10	6.8%
2020	28	18.9%
2021	22	14.9%
2022	24	16.2%
2023	28	18.9%
2024	18	12.2%
2025partial year	9	6.1%

Which technologies does KnowBe4, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 143

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 97

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 47

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 24

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 17

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 12

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

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

KnowBe4, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

KnowBe4, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 96.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #2,629 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KnowBe4, Inc. against Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.9/100 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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