Where does Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc. ranks #17,834 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 Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc. hold?

Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.4 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patents?

Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patents average 14.4 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 Kurt Manufacturing Company, 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

Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc. focus on?

Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s top technology area is B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding) with 8 patents, ranking #68 of 768 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kurt ranks #17,834 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 9 technology areas.

#17,834
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.4/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17834 · US Corporation #17,834 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,834/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kann Manufacturing
CPC-NARROW B25B · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kann Manufacturing Corporation (±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 Kurt’s 32.4 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 9.8 pts (30%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 10.6 pts (33%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kurt Manufacturing · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kurt's Innovation Score is 32.4/100 (41st 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Kurt?

Each dot is one of Kurt’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). Kurt’s own 14.4 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.

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

Where Kurt's grants concentrate

Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Kurt sits between Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Kelly Slater Wave Company, LLC.

Kurt's three-year grant acceleration

Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Kawai Musical Ins…

16
Kingspan Holdings…

16
KK Wind Solutions…

16
Korea Polytechnic…

16
Kuzco Lighting

16
KWH Mirka

16
Kann Manufacturing

16
Kelly Slater Wave

16
Kurt Manufacturing ◀

16

What this shows Kurt holds 16 patents at rank #17,821, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kurt

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,821 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices)

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

Kurt's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	25.0%
2016	2	12.5%
2017	3	18.8%
2018	1	6.3%
2020	3	18.8%
2021	1	6.3%
2023	1	6.3%
2024	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc. patent most?

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 8

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 3

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 2

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 1

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s lead technology class is B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25B
Ranked #17,834 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc. against Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.4/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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