Overall rank by patents
#10,372
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 42 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: C07K (PEPTIDES).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Knu-industry ranks #10,372 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 42 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R10372 · Foreign Corporation #10,372 · 30 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: John Nicholas And Kristin Gross Trust (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
A School Kansai Univ… · near
50 score
SR · near
50 score
Alphatheta · near
50 score
Knu-industry Coopera… · this assignee
50 score
MGI Tech · near
50 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Knu-industry Cooperation Foundation stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-WIDE, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-UP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #10,372 of 50,000; Innovation Score 50.2/100 sits in the top 13% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is John Nicholas And Kristin Gross Trust (±0 grants).
Knu-industry Cooperation Foundation has been granted 30 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Knu-industry Cooperation Foundation at #10,372 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 42 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 9.9 claims per patent with primary concentration in C07K (PEPTIDES). As a Foreign Corporation, Knu-industry Cooperation Foundation is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Knu-industry sits between John Nicholas And Kristin Gross Trust (30 patents, rank #10,365) and Kao USA Inc. (30 patents, rank #10,373) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 50.2/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 15 grants, compared with 13 in the 2015–2019 window, a +15% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Knu-industry Cooperation Foundation's 9.9 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 42 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
John Nicholas and Kristin Gross Trust
30 patents
KCI USA, Inc.
30 patents
KENDRION (VILLINGEN) GMBH
30 patents
KNIPEX-Werk C. Gustav Putsch KG
30 patents
KOUNT INC.
30 patents
KUKA Systems GmbH
30 patents
Kabushiki Kaisha Isowa
30 patents
Kao USA Inc.
30 patents
KNU-INDUSTRY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
30 patents
What this shows Knu-industry holds 30 patents at rank #10,369, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #10,369 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Knu-industry's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Knu-industry, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).
Knu-industry's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 2016 | 4 | 13.3% |
| 2017 | 4 | 13.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 2020 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 2021 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 2022 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 2023 | 4 | 13.3% |
| 2024 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 6.7% |
Top 15 of 42 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#10,372
of 50,000 tracked assignees
50.2 out of 100
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