Where does Knowles (UK) Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Knowles (UK) Ltd. ranks #48,189 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 Knowles (UK) Ltd. hold?

Knowles (UK) Ltd. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Knowles (UK) Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Knowles (UK) Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 45.6 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Knowles (UK) Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Knowles (UK) Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Knowles (UK) Ltd.'s patents?

Knowles (UK) Ltd.'s patents average 18.0 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 Knowles (UK) Ltd. 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 Foreign Corporation

Knowles (UK) Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Knowles (UK) Ltd. focus on?

Knowles (UK) Ltd.'s top technology area is H01G (CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type) with 5 patents, ranking #149 of 580 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: H01G (CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Knowles ranks #48,189 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#48,189
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.6/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48189 · Foreign Corporation #48,189 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,189/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Klöckner Pentaplast
CPC-NARROW H01G · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH (±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 Knowles’s 45.6 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 6.2 pts (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (44%) Breadth 8.7 pts (19%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Knowles (UK) · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Knowles's Innovation Score is 45.6/100 (top 23% 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 Knowles?

Each dot is one of Knowles’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). Knowles’s own 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Knowles's grants concentrate

Knowles (UK) Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H01G (CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Knowles sits between Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH and Koleto Innovations, LLC.

Knowles's three-year grant acceleration

Knowles (UK) Ltd. 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.

Klöckner Pentapla…

5
Knick Elektronisc…

5
Knightwerx

5
Know Biological

5
Koireader

5
Koios Medical

5
Koite Health Oy

5
Koleto Innovations

5
Knowles (UK) ◀

5

What this shows Knowles holds 5 patents at rank #48,242, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Knowles

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,242 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01G (Capacitors)

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

Knowles's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

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

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Knowles (UK) Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2023	2	40.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Knowles (UK) Ltd. patent most?

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 5

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 1

H01C - Resistors 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Knowles (UK) Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Knowles (UK) Ltd.'s lead technology class is H01G (CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01G
Ranked #48,189 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Knowles (UK) Ltd. against Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.6/100 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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