Where does Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS ranks #26,693 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 Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS hold?

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS's Innovation Score?

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS has an Innovation Score of 35.9 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS's recent grant velocity is +25% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS's patents?

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS's patents average 18.4 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 Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS 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

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS

Q: What technology areas does Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS focus on?

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS's top technology area is F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General) with 2 patents, ranking #128 of 291 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kongsberg ranks #26,693 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 14 technology areas.

#26,693
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.9/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26693 · Foreign Corporation #26,693 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,693/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Knorr-Bremse
CPC-FOCUS F41H · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Knorr-Bremse AG (±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 Kongsberg’s 35.9 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 8.3 pts (23%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 13.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (31%)

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What this shows Kongsberg's Innovation Score is 35.9/100 (top 48% 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 Kongsberg?

Each dot is one of Kongsberg’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). Kongsberg’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kongsberg's grants concentrate

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Kongsberg sits between Knorr-Bremse AG and Kronos Bio, Inc..

Kongsberg's three-year grant acceleration

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

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What this shows Kongsberg holds 10 patents at rank #26,699, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kongsberg

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,699 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41H (Armour)

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

Kongsberg's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	10.0%
2018	2	20.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2024	2	20.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS patent most?

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 2

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

F42C - Ammunition Fuzes ; Arming OR Safety Means Therefor 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 1

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS's lead technology class is F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41H
Ranked #26,693 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS against Knorr-Bremse AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.9/100 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

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