Where does Kupa, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kupa, Inc. ranks #32,285 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 Kupa, Inc. hold?

Kupa, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Kupa, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kupa, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.2 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Kupa, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Kupa, Inc.'s patents average 14.3 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 Kupa, 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

Kupa, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Kupa, Inc. focus on?

Kupa, Inc.'s top technology area is A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring) with 5 patents, ranking #111 of 429 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 4 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: A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kupa ranks #32,285 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 4 technology areas.

#32,285
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.2/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32285 · US Corporation #32,285 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,285/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Korea District Heating
CPC-NARROW A45D · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Korea District Heating Corp. (±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 Kupa’s 43.2 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 7.6 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (46%) Breadth 7.1 pts (16%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kupa · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kupa's Innovation Score is 43.2/100 (top 29% 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 Kupa?

Each dot is one of Kupa’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). Kupa’s own 14.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kupa's grants concentrate

Kupa, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring). By volume, Kupa sits between Korea District Heating Corp. and L.G.L. Electronics S.P.A..

Kupa's three-year grant acceleration

Kupa, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Korea District He…

8
Kormel

8
Krush

8
Kunming Institute…

8
Kwangjin

8
L & M Radiator

8
L E S S

8
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Kupa ◀

8

What this shows Kupa holds 8 patents at rank #32,279, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kupa

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,279 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment)

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

Kupa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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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Kupa, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%
2023	1	12.5%
2024	1	12.5%
2025partial year	3	37.5%

Which technologies does Kupa, Inc. patent most?

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 5

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 2

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Kupa, Inc.'s lead technology class is A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A45D
Ranked #32,285 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kupa, Inc. against Korea District Heating Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.2/100 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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