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Kuhn Rikon AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kuhn ranks #14,736 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 2 technology areas.

#14,736
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
13th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.8/100)
2.7
avg claims per patent
+600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14736 · Foreign Corporation #14,736 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
  • MID-PACK #14,736/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kbautotech
  • CPC-NARROW B26B · 2 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 23.8/100
  • CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.7 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-SURGE +600% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kbautotech 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 Kuhn’s 23.8 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Kuhn

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Kuhn's Innovation Score is 23.8/100 (13th 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Kuhn?

Each dot is one of Kuhn’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). Kuhn’s own 2.7 claims/patent is at or below the 11.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Kuhn vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 19.919.92020.1 0510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Kbautotech Co., Ltd. - 20, 15.15KbautotechKinetic Pressure Control Ltd. - 20, 21.1Kinetic Pressure…Kit Masters Inc. - 20, 11.55Kit MastersKonica Minolta Opto, Inc. - 20, 11.85Konica Minolta Op…Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd. - 20, 17.7Kunshan League Au…Kurin, Inc. - 20, 20.3KurinKythera Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. - 20, 8.2Kythera Biopharma…L. Koning Beheer B.V. - 20, 1L Koning Beheer B…Kuhn Rikon AG - 20, 2.7Kuhn Rikon
Kuhn vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Kuhn's grants concentrate

Kuhn Rikon AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 5% of grants classified under B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Kuhn sits between Kbautotech Co., Ltd. and L. Koning Beheer B.V..

Kuhn's three-year grant acceleration

Kuhn Rikon AG shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Who files at Kuhn's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Kuhn holds 20 patents at rank #14,733, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Kuhn

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,733 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools)

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

Kuhn's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Kuhn Rikon AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2015 1 5.0%
2018 1 5.0%
2020 7 35.0%
2022 1 5.0%
2023 1 5.0%
2024 5 25.0%
2025partial year 4 20.0%

Which technologies does Kuhn Rikon AG patent most?

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Kuhn Rikon AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Kuhn Rikon AG's lead technology class is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B26B
  • Ranked #14,736 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Kuhn Rikon AG against Kbautotech Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 23.8/100 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

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.