Where does Kranos IP Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kranos IP Corporation ranks #7,292 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 Kranos IP Corporation hold?

Kranos IP Corporation holds 45 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Kranos IP Corporation's Innovation Score?

Kranos IP Corporation has an Innovation Score of 30.3 out of 100 (34th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kranos IP Corporation focus on?

Kranos IP Corporation's top technology area is A42B (HATS; Head Coverings) with 34 patents, ranking #4 of 278 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kranos IP Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kranos IP Corporation's recent grant velocity is -85% 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 Kranos IP Corporation's patents?

Kranos IP Corporation's patents average 12.8 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 Kranos IP Corporation 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

Kranos IP Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 45 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: A42B (HATS; Head Coverings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kranos ranks #7,292 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 45 patents across 7 technology areas.

#7,292
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.3/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: -85%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7292 · US Corporation #7,292 · 45 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 45 grants
UPPER-Q #7,292/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Joyson Safety…
CPC-NARROW A42B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -85% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Joyson Safety Systems Japan G.K. (±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 Kranos’s 30.3 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 13.2 pts (44%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (31%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dubrosky & Tracy… · near

30
Hublot Genève · near

30
General Dynamics C4… · near

30
Hitachi Consumer · near

30
Kranos IP · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kranos's Innovation Score is 30.3/100 (34th percentile 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 Kranos?

Each dot is one of Kranos’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). Kranos’s own 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 13.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kranos's grants concentrate

Kranos IP Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 75.6% of grants classified under A42B (HATS; Head Coverings). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (14 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Kranos sits between J.SCHMALZ GMBH and Lacework, Inc..

J Schmalz

45
Joyson Safety Sys…

45
Kemin Industries

45
Know Labs

45
Kraussmaffei

45
Locus Solutions I…

45
Longitude Licensi…

45
Lacework

45
Kranos IP ◀

45

What this shows Kranos holds 45 patents at rank #7,289, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kranos

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,289 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A42B (HATS)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kranos, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A42B (HATS), Kranos ranks #4 of 278 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (30 here).

Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd. 30 General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. 30 Hublot SA, Genève 30 Dubrosky & Tracy Patent Service Corp. 30

Kranos's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Kranos IP Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	8.9%
2016	11	24.4%
2017	5	11.1%
2018	5	11.1%
2019	14	31.1%
2020	5	11.1%
2021	1	2.2%

Which technologies does Kranos IP Corporation patent most?

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 34

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 17

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 2

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

A42C - Manufacturing OR Trimming Head Coverings, e.g. Hats 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Kranos IP Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kranos IP Corporation's lead technology class is A42B (HATS; Head Coverings), 75.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A42B
Ranked #7,292 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kranos IP Corporation against J.SCHMALZ GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.3/100 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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