Where does Kohl's, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kohl's, Inc. ranks #36,140 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 Kohl's, Inc. hold?

Kohl's, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Kohl's, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kohl's, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.7 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Kohl's, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Kohl's, Inc.'s patents?

Kohl's, Inc.'s patents average 17.1 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 Kohl's, 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

Kohl's, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Kohl's, Inc. focus on?

Kohl's, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 3 patents, ranking #3,377 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kohl's ranks #36,140 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 9 technology areas.

#36,140
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.7/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36140 · US Corporation #36,140 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,140/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Klüber Lubrication…
CPC-NARROW G06Q · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG (±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 Kohl's’s 44.7 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 7.2 pts (16%) Velocity 16.7 pts (37%) Breadth 10.6 pts (24%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kohl's · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kohl's's Innovation Score is 44.7/100 (top 25% 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 Kohl's?

Each dot is one of Kohl's’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). Kohl's’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kohl's's grants concentrate

Kohl's, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Kohl's sits between Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG and Kraft Tool Company.

Kohl's's three-year grant acceleration

Kohl's, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Klüber Lubricatio…

7
Kneron (Taiwan)

7
Knowles IPC (M) S…

7
Knoze Jr

7
Kohler India Priv…

7
Koike Sanso Kogyo

7
Kongsberg

7
Kraft Tool

7
Kohl's ◀

7

What this shows Kohl's holds 7 patents at rank #36,146, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kohl's

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,146 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Kohl's's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Kohl's, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2022	3	42.9%
2023	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Kohl's, Inc. patent most?

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 3

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Kohl's, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #36,140 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kohl's, Inc. against Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.7/100 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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