Where does Kobo Products. Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kobo Products. Inc. ranks #29,220 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 Kobo Products. Inc. hold?

Kobo Products. Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Kobo Products. Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kobo Products. Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.2 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kobo Products. Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kobo Products. Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -71% 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 Kobo Products. Inc.'s patents?

Kobo Products. Inc.'s patents average 18.2 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 Kobo Products. 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

Kobo Products. Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Kobo Products. Inc. focus on?

Kobo Products. Inc.'s top technology area is A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kobo ranks #29,220 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 8 technology areas.

#29,220
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.2/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29220 · US Corporation #29,220 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,220/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH KJ Chemicals
CPC-NARROW A61Q · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: KJ Chemicals Corporation (±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
Kobo Products · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kobo's Innovation Score is 42.2/100 (top 31% 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 Kobo's grants concentrate

Kobo Products. Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Kobo sits between KJ Chemicals Corporation and Korea Minting, Security Printing & Idcard Operating Corp..

Kobo's three-year grant acceleration

Kobo Products. Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

KJ Chemicals

9
Knape & Vogt Manu…

9
KOA Glass

9
KOA Health Digita…

9
Kochi University

9
Koei Chemical

9
Kordsa Global End…

9
Korea Minting Sec…

9
Kobo Products ◀

9

What this shows Kobo holds 9 patents at rank #29,180, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kobo

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,180 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations)

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

Kobo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Kobo Products. Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	11.1%
2016	3	33.3%
2018	3	33.3%
2022	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Kobo Products. Inc. patent most?

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 9

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 9

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 5

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 2

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#29,220

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

42.2 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

Kobo Products. Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kobo Products. Inc.'s lead technology class is A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61Q
Ranked #29,220 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kobo Products. Inc. against KJ Chemicals Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.2/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.