Where does KSB SE & Co. KGaA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KSB SE & Co. KGaA ranks #9,068 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 KSB SE & Co. KGaA hold?

KSB SE & Co. KGaA holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is KSB SE & Co. KGaA's Innovation Score?

KSB SE & Co. KGaA has an Innovation Score of 60.1 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does KSB SE & Co. KGaA focus on?

KSB SE & Co. KGaA's top technology area is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps) with 28 patents, ranking #74 of 1,034 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is KSB SE & Co. KGaA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for KSB SE & Co. KGaA.

What does claim depth mean for KSB SE & Co. KGaA's patents?

KSB SE & Co. KGaA'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 KSB SE & Co. KGaA 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

KSB SE & Co. KGaA

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 32 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, KSB ranks #9,068 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 32 technology areas.

#9,068
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (60.1/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9068 · Foreign Corporation #9,068 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,068/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Joulwatt Technology
CPC-FOCUS F04D · 32 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Joulwatt Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 KSB’s 60.1 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 12.4 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (33%) Breadth 20.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Crestron · near

60
Edwards · near

60
Elta Systems · near

60
KSB SE & KGaA · this assignee

60
Nuance Communications · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KSB's Innovation Score is 60.1/100 (top 4% 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 KSB?

Each dot is one of KSB’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). KSB’s own 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 14.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where KSB's grants concentrate

KSB SE & Co. KGaA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2022. By volume, KSB sits between Joulwatt Technology Co., Ltd. and Longsand Limited.

KSB's three-year grant acceleration

KSB SE & Co. KGaA shows 15 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.

Joulwatt Technolo…

35
KCM

35
Kctech

35
Koncept

35
Kissei Pharmaceut…

35
Koch-glitsch

35
Kuraray Europe

35
Longsand

35
KSB SE & Kgaa ◀

35

What this shows KSB holds 35 patents at rank #9,064, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KSB

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,064 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for KSB, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps), KSB ranks #74 of 1,034 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Elta Systems Ltd. 60 Edwards Limited 60 Crestron Electronics, Inc. 60 Nuance Communications, Inc. 60

KSB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

KSB SE & Co. KGaA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	5	14.3%
2022	4	11.4%
2023	5	14.3%
2024	6	17.1%
2025partial year	15	42.9%

Which technologies does KSB SE & Co. KGaA patent most?

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 28

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 15

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 3

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 2

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 2

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

Top 15 of 32 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

KSB SE & Co. KGaA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

KSB SE & Co. KGaA's lead technology class is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04D
Ranked #9,068 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KSB SE & Co. KGaA against Joulwatt Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.1/100 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.