Where does KW Associates LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KW Associates LLC ranks #32,286 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 KW Associates LLC hold?

KW Associates LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is KW Associates LLC's Innovation Score?

KW Associates LLC has an Innovation Score of 43.0 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%).

What technology areas does KW Associates LLC focus on?

KW Associates LLC's top technology area is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables) with 8 patents, ranking #610 of 3,424 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is KW Associates LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

KW Associates LLC's recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for KW Associates LLC's patents?

KW Associates LLC's patents average 24.9 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 KW Associates LLC 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

KW Associates LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, KW ranks #32,286 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 7 technology areas.

#32,286
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.0/100): 24.9
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32286 · US Corporation #32,286 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,286/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kruger Optical
CPC-NARROW G01R · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kruger Optical, Inc. (±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 KW’s 43.0 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 11.1 pts (26%) Breadth 9.4 pts (22%) Claim depth 14.9 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
KW Associates · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KW's Innovation Score is 43.0/100 (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 KW?

Each dot is one of KW’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). KW’s own 24.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where KW's grants concentrate

KW Associates LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, KW sits between Kruger Optical, Inc. and Kyocera Crystal Device Corporation.

KW's three-year grant acceleration

KW Associates LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Kruger Optical

8
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8
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8
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8
Kwantex Research

8
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8
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8
KW Associates ◀

8

What this shows KW holds 8 patents at rank #32,241, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KW

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,241 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01R (Measuring Electric Variables)

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

KW'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 · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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KW Associates LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2022	3	37.5%
2023	1	12.5%
2024	1	12.5%

Which technologies does KW Associates LLC patent most?

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 8

C21C - Processing OF Pig-iron, e.g. Refining, Manufacture OF Wrought-iron OR STEEL; Treatment IN Molten State OF Ferrous Alloys 8

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 8

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 8

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 8

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

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 2

Top 7 of 7 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

KW Associates LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

KW Associates LLC's lead technology class is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01R
Ranked #32,286 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KW Associates LLC against Kruger Optical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.0/100 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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