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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kurion, Inc. ranks #15,415 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 Kurion, Inc. hold?

Kurion, Inc. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Kurion, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kurion, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.4 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Kurion, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -88% 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 Kurion, Inc.'s patents?

Kurion, Inc.'s patents average 19.7 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 Kurion, 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

Kurion, Inc.

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

Kurion, Inc.'s top technology area is G21F (Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor) with 10 patents, ranking #17 of 199 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G21F (Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kurion ranks #15,415 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 21 technology areas.

#15,415
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.4/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: -88%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15415 · US Corporation #15,415 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,415/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Knappco
CPC-FOCUS G21F · 21 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -88% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Knappco, LLC (±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 Kurion’s 38.4 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 10.3 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 16.2 pts (42%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kurion · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kurion's Innovation Score is 38.4/100 (top 41% 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 Kurion?

Each dot is one of Kurion’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). Kurion’s own 19.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kurion's grants concentrate

Kurion, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 52.6% of grants classified under G21F (Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Kurion sits between Knappco, LLC and Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd..

Knappco

19
Koha

19
Kongsberg Maritim…

19
Koppers Fishing a…

19
Leitner S P A

19
Lightbits Labs

19
Ligitek

19
Longi Green Energ…

19
Kurion ◀

19

What this shows Kurion holds 19 patents at rank #15,416, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kurion

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,416 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G21F (Protection Against X-radiation)

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

Kurion's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Kurion, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.3%
2016	3	15.8%
2017	2	10.5%
2018	4	21.1%
2019	7	36.8%
2020	2	10.5%

Which technologies does Kurion, Inc. patent most?

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 10

B01D - Separation 6

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 5

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 5

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

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

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G21C - Nuclear Reactors 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

Top 15 of 21 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

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

Kurion, Inc.'s lead technology class is G21F (Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor), 52.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G21F
Ranked #15,415 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kurion, Inc. against Knappco, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.4/100 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

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