Where does Kohler Mira Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kohler Mira Limited ranks #2,662 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 Mira Limited hold?

Kohler Mira Limited holds 146 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is Kohler Mira Limited's Innovation Score?

Kohler Mira Limited has an Innovation Score of 51.1 out of 100 (top 12% 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 Mira Limited focus on?

Kohler Mira Limited's top technology area is E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks) with 66 patents, ranking #5 of 262 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kohler Mira Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kohler Mira Limited's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Mira Limited's patents?

Kohler Mira Limited's patents average 12.9 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 Mira Limited 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

Kohler Mira Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 146 granted patents across 33 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 #2,662 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 146 patents across 33 technology areas.

#2,662
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.1/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2662 · Foreign Corporation #2,662 · 146 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 146 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,662/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Herman Miller
CPC-FOCUS E03C · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Herman Miller, 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 Kohler’s 51.1 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 17.2 pts (34%) Velocity 5.8 pts (11%) Breadth 20.3 pts (40%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
R R Donnelley & Sons · near

51
Traxxas · near

51
Imerys USA · near

51
Kohler Mira · this assignee

51
ALi · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kohler's Innovation Score is 51.1/100 (top 12% 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 12.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kohler's grants concentrate

Kohler Mira Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 45.2% of grants classified under E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (31 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2015. By volume, Kohler sits between Herman Miller, Inc. and Safran Transmission Systems.

Kohler's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kohler Mira Limited moved from 31 to 27 grants (0.87x 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 #1,593. See the growth leaderboard.

Herman Miller

146
IPG Photonics

146
Joseph Voegele

146
Kardium

146
Reliance Industri…

146
Rohm and Haas Mat…

146
Roquette Freres

146
Safran Transmissi…

146
Kohler Mira ◀

146

What this shows Kohler holds 146 patents at rank #2,662, 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 #2,662 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 #5 of 262 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Imerys USA, Inc. 51 Traxxas, L.P. 51 R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company 51 ALi Corporation 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.9 here).

Advanced Connectek Inc. 12.9 avg Kaneka Corporation 12.9 avg TD Ameritrade IP Company, Inc. 12.9 avg NEC Corporation 12.9 avg

Kohler's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 Mira Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	4.1%
2016	22	15.1%
2017	21	14.4%
2018	31	21.2%
2019	12	8.2%
2020	9	6.2%
2021	10	6.8%
2022	7	4.8%
2023	10	6.8%
2024	10	6.8%
2025partial year	8	5.5%

Which technologies does Kohler Mira Limited patent most?

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 66

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 53

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 50

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 45

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 39

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 37

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 31

F17D - Pipe-line SYSTEMS; Pipe-lines 31

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 8

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 5

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 4

E03D - Water-closets OR Urinals With Flushing DEVICES; Flushing Valves Therefor 3

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

Top 15 of 33 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 Mira Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kohler Mira Limited's lead technology class is E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks), 45.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E03C
Ranked #2,662 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kohler Mira Limited against Herman Miller, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.1/100 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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