Where does AFW Holding GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AFW Holding GMBH ranks #34,110 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 AFW Holding GMBH hold?

AFW Holding GMBH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is AFW Holding GMBH's Innovation Score?

AFW Holding GMBH has an Innovation Score of 36.0 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is AFW Holding GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for AFW Holding GMBH.

What does claim depth mean for AFW Holding GMBH's patents?

AFW Holding GMBH's patents average 10.3 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 AFW Holding GMBH 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

AFW Holding GMBH

Q: What technology areas does AFW Holding GMBH focus on?

AFW Holding GMBH's top technology area is 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) with 3 patents, ranking #198 of 613 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: 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; Co).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, AFW ranks #34,110 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#34,110
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (36.0/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34110 · Foreign Corporation #34,110 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,110/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Affective Software
CPC-NARROW B23Q · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Affective Software, 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 AFW’s 36.0 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 7.2 pts (20%) Velocity 13.3 pts (37%) Breadth 9.4 pts (26%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AFW Holding · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows AFW's Innovation Score is 36.0/100 (top 48% 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 AFW?

Each dot is one of AFW’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). AFW’s own 10.3 claims/patent is at or below the 13.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where AFW's grants concentrate

AFW Holding GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under 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; Co). By volume, AFW sits between Affective Software, Inc. and Agile Wind Power AG.

AFW's three-year grant acceleration

AFW Holding GMBH shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Affective Software

7
Afinitica S L

7
AFJ Industries

7
Aftx

7
Focus

7
Agco Netherlands…

7
Agents AIR

7
Agile Wind Power

7
AFW Holding ◀

7

What this shows AFW holds 7 patents at rank #34,082, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AFW

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,082 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23Q (Details)

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

AFW's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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AFW Holding GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	28.6%
2023	2	28.6%
2024	2	28.6%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does AFW Holding GMBH patent most?

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 3

B23B - TURNING; Boring 2

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 1

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 1

Top 7 of 7 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

AFW Holding GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AFW Holding GMBH's lead technology class is 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; Co), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23Q
Ranked #34,110 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AFW Holding GMBH against Affective Software, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.0/100 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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