Where does KWC AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KWC AG ranks #48,254 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 KWC AG hold?

KWC AG holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is KWC AG's Innovation Score?

KWC AG has an Innovation Score of 36.9 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does KWC AG focus on?

KWC AG's top technology area is E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks) with 5 patents, ranking #71 of 262 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is KWC AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

KWC AG's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 KWC AG's patents?

KWC AG's patents average 13.4 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 KWC AG 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 Foreign Corporation

KWC AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, KWC ranks #48,254 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#48,254
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.9/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48254 · Foreign Corporation #48,254 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,254/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kurosawa Construction
CPC-NARROW E03C · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kurosawa Construction 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 KWC’s 36.9 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 6.2 pts (17%) Velocity 13.3 pts (36%) Breadth 9.4 pts (25%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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KWC · this assignee

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What this shows KWC's Innovation Score is 36.9/100 (top 45% 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 KWC?

Each dot is one of KWC’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). KWC’s own 13.4 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where KWC's grants concentrate

KWC AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks). By volume, KWC sits between Kurosawa Construction Co., Ltd. and Kyocera Tikitin Oy.

KWC's three-year grant acceleration

KWC AG shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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What this shows KWC holds 5 patents at rank #48,163, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KWC

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,163 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste…)

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

KWC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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KWC AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does KWC AG patent most?

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

F24D - Domestic- OR Space-heating Systems, e.g. Central Heating SYSTEMS; Domestic Hot-water Supply SYSTEMS; Elements OR Components Therefor 1

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

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

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

KWC AG's lead technology class is E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E03C
Ranked #48,254 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KWC AG against Kurosawa Construction Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.9/100 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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