Where does Kohler Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kohler Co. ranks #267 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 Kohler Co. hold?

Kohler Co. holds 1,594 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 151 technology areas.

What is Kohler Co.'s Innovation Score?

Kohler Co. has an Innovation Score of 63.3 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kohler Co. focus on?

Kohler Co.'s top technology area is E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks) with 301 patents, ranking #1 of 262 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 151 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kohler Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kohler Co.'s recent grant velocity is -3% 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 Kohler Co.'s patents?

Kohler Co.'s patents average 10.0 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 Kohler Co. 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

Kohler Co.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,594 granted patents across 151 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: E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kohler ranks #267 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,594 patents across 151 technology areas.

#267
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.3/100): 10.0
avg claims per patent: -3%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R267 · US Corporation #267 · 1,594 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.6K grants
TOP-DECILE #267/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Henkel & KGaA
CPC-WIDE E03C · 151 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -3% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (±2 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 Kohler’s 63.3 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 25.5 pts (40%) Velocity 6.8 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 6.0 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Entegris · near

63
Kohler · this assignee

63
Sprint Communications · near

63
The Hong Kong… · near

63
The University of… · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kohler's Innovation Score is 63.3/100 (top 2% 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 Kohler?

Each dot is one of Kohler’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). Kohler’s own 10.0 claims/patent is at or below the 13.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Kohler's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Kohler Co. received 731 grants versus 754 in 2015–2019 (-3% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 163 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 127. Lead class E03C accounts for 18.9% of the portfolio across 151 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Lenovo (BEIJING) Limited (#263) and Sprint Communications Company, L.P. (#271).

Kohler's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kohler Co. moved from 443 to 449 grants (1.01x 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 #1,150. See the growth leaderboard.

Lenovo (Beijing)

1,618
Hamamatsu Photoni…

1,615
Ecolab USA

1,610
Nitto Denko

1,608
Kohler ◀

1,594
Henkel & Kgaa

1,592
Changxin Memory

1,589
Here Global B V

1,589
Sprint Communicat…

1,574

What this shows Kohler holds 1,594 patents at rank #267, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kohler

By rank, the assignees closest to #267 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kohler, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste…), Kohler ranks #1 of 262 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Sprint Communications Company, L.P. 63 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 63 Entegris, Inc. 63 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.0 here).

Syngenta Crop Protection AG 10.0 avg The Braun Corporation 10.0 avg Pro-iroda Industries, Inc. 10.0 avg Kelk Ltd. 10.0 avg

Kohler's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Kohler Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	127	8.0%
2016	163	10.2%
2017	145	9.1%
2018	158	9.9%
2019	161	10.1%
2020	139	8.7%
2021	143	9.0%
2022	142	8.9%
2023	144	9.0%
2024	163	10.2%
2025partial year	109	6.8%

Which technologies does Kohler Co. patent most?

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 301

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 150

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 145

E03D - Water-closets OR Urinals With Flushing DEVICES; Flushing Valves Therefor 139

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 103

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 93

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 49

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 46

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 45

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 44

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 43

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 37

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 37

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 33

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 32

Top 15 of 151 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

Kohler Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kohler Co.'s lead technology class is E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks), 18.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E03C
Ranked #267 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kohler Co. against Lenovo (BEIJING) Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.3/100 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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