Where does Kronos Bio, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kronos Bio, Inc. ranks #26,705 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 Kronos Bio, Inc. hold?

Kronos Bio, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Kronos Bio, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kronos Bio, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.7 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kronos Bio, Inc. focus on?

Kronos Bio, Inc.'s top technology area is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds) with 10 patents, ranking #819 of 3,165 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Kronos Bio, Inc..

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

Kronos Bio, Inc.'s patents average 13.6 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 Kronos Bio, 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

Kronos Bio, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kronos ranks #26,705 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 5 technology areas.

#26,705
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.7/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26705 · US Corporation #26,705 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,705/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kongsberg Defence &…
CPC-NARROW C07D · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (±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 Kronos’s 37.7 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 8.3 pts (22%) Velocity 13.3 pts (35%) Breadth 7.9 pts (21%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kronos Bio · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kronos's Innovation Score is 37.7/100 (top 43% 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 Kronos?

Each dot is one of Kronos’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). Kronos’s own 13.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kronos's grants concentrate

Kronos Bio, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Kronos sits between Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS and Kyoritsu Chemical & Co., Ltd..

Kronos's three-year grant acceleration

Kronos Bio, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Kongsberg Defence…

10
Konoshima Chemical

10
Krikey

10
Kronebusch Indust…

10
Krysse AS

10
Kustom Signals

10
Kwangwoon Univers…

10
Kyoritsu Chemical…

10
Kronos Bio ◀

10

What this shows Kronos holds 10 patents at rank #26,703, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kronos

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,703 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds)

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

Kronos's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Kronos Bio, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	20.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2022	3	30.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	2	20.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Kronos Bio, Inc. patent most?

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 10

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 6

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 1

Top 5 of 5 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

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

Kronos Bio, Inc.'s lead technology class is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07D
Ranked #26,705 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kronos Bio, Inc. against Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.7/100 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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