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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kronos International, Inc. ranks #17,833 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 International, Inc. hold?

Kronos International, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 18 technology areas.

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

Kronos International, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.0 out of 100 (top 34% 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 International, Inc. focus on?

Kronos International, Inc.'s top technology area is C01P (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds) with 11 patents, ranking #107 of 939 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

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

Kronos International, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -77% 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 Kronos International, Inc.'s patents?

Kronos International, Inc.'s patents average 24.8 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 Kronos International, 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 Foreign Corporation

Kronos International, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: C01P (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kronos ranks #17,833 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 18 technology areas.

#17,833
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.0/100): 24.8
avg claims per patent: -77%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17833 · Foreign Corporation #17,833 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,833/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Klarna Bank AB
CPC-FOCUS C01P · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -77% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Klarna Bank AB (±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 41.0 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 9.8 pts (24%) Velocity 1.3 pts (3%) Breadth 15.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 14.9 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kronos International · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kronos's Innovation Score is 41.0/100 (top 34% 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 24.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 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 International, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 68.8% of grants classified under C01P (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Kronos sits between Klarna Bank AB and Laurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd..

Kronos's three-year grant acceleration

Kronos International, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Klarna Bank AB

16
Kodiak Robotics

16
Kolon Glotech

16
Kreg Medical

16
Kyon

16
L'garde

16
Larc Networks

16
Laurel Bank Machi…

16
Kronos Internatio… ◀

16

What this shows Kronos holds 16 patents at rank #17,832, 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 #17,832 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C01P (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspec…)

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)

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

View data table

Kronos International, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2016	2	12.5%
2017	3	18.8%
2018	4	25.0%
2019	3	18.8%
2020	1	6.3%
2021	1	6.3%
2023	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Kronos International, Inc. patent most?

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 11

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 10

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 4

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 4

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 3

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 3

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B01D - Separation 2

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

Top 15 of 18 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Kronos International, Inc.'s lead technology class is C01P (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds), 68.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C01P
Ranked #17,833 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kronos International, Inc. against Klarna Bank AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.0/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.