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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kofax, Inc. ranks #3,974 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 Kofax, Inc. hold?

Kofax, Inc. holds 91 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Kofax, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kofax, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.5 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%).

What technology areas does Kofax, Inc. focus on?

Kofax, Inc.'s top technology area is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding) with 78 patents, ranking #159 of 5,108 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

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

Kofax, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -53% 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 Kofax, Inc.'s patents?

Kofax, Inc.'s patents average 19.4 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 Kofax, 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

Kofax, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 91 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kofax ranks #3,974 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 91 patents across 10 technology areas.

#3,974
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.5/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: -53%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3974 · US Corporation #3,974 · 91 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 91 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,974/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Idexx Laboratories
CPC-FOCUS G06V · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -53% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Idexx Laboratories Inc. (±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 Kofax’s 45.5 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 15.6 pts (34%) Velocity 7.1 pts (16%) Breadth 11.2 pts (25%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Citizen · near

45
Danfoss Power… · near

45
Kofax · this assignee

45
Nihon Dempa Kogyo · near

45
Unisys · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kofax's Innovation Score is 45.5/100 (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 Kofax?

Each dot is one of Kofax’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). Kofax’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kofax's grants concentrate

Kofax, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (15 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2021. By volume, Kofax sits between Idexx Laboratories Inc. and NIO Nextev Limited.

Kofax's three-year grant acceleration

Kofax, Inc. shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Idexx Laboratories

91
Iqvia

91
JGC Catalysts and…

91
Joyetech Europe H…

91
Kistler Holding

91
L&F Plastics

91
Ludwig Institute…

91
NIO Nextev

91
Kofax ◀

91

What this shows Kofax holds 91 patents at rank #3,973, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kofax

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,973 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kofax, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), Kofax ranks #159 of 5,108 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd. 45 Unisys Corporation 45 Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd. 45 Danfoss Power Solutions GMBH & Co. OHG 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.4 here).

Optos PLC 19.4 avg BRP US Inc. 19.4 avg Vonage Business Inc. 19.4 avg Pinterest, Inc. 19.4 avg

Kofax's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 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 · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Kofax, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	15.4%
2016	15	16.5%
2017	12	13.2%
2018	15	16.5%
2019	6	6.6%
2020	8	8.8%
2021	3	3.3%
2022	6	6.6%
2023	6	6.6%
2024	6	6.6%

Which technologies does Kofax, Inc. patent most?

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 78

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 58

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 48

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 42

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 37

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 13

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 8

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

Top 10 of 10 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

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

Kofax, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06V
Ranked #3,974 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kofax, Inc. against Idexx Laboratories Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.5/100 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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