Kimberly Clark Co patents

Kimberly Clark Co holds 2,406 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents2,406
Recent patents515
First publicationJan 6, 2015
Latest publicationMar 31, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
2015259
2016245
2017221
2018212
2019218
2020241
2021199
2022198
2023208
2024217
2025157
202631
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015259
2016245
2017221
2018212
2019218
2020241
2021199
2022198
2023208
2024217
2025157
202631

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
D21H27/002365
D21H27/005259
A47K10/16212
D21H27/02165
D21H27/40155

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Kimberly Clark Co have in patentsdb?
Kimberly Clark Co is linked to 2,406 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Kimberly Clark Co patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Human Necessities (1,639); Operations & Transport (927); Textiles & Paper (718).
Is Kimberly Clark Co's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 217 in 2024 and 157 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Kimberly Clark Co?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.