Where does Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT ranks #46,401 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 Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT hold?

Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT's Innovation Score?

Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT has an Innovation Score of 16.5 out of 100 (4th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT's patents?

Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT's patents average 4.0 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 Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT 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

Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT

Q: What technology areas does Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT focus on?

Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT's top technology area is B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding) with 2 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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, Eduard ranks #46,401 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#46,401
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 4th percentile
by Innovation Score (16.5/100): 4.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46401 · Foreign Corporation #46,401 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,401/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Edax Incorporated
CPC-NARROW B25B · 5 areas
INNOV-LOW 16.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Edax, Incorporated (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Eduard Wille & KT · this assignee

17
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Eduard's Innovation Score is 16.5/100 (4th 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.

Where Eduard's grants concentrate

Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 40% 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 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Eduard sits between Edax, Incorporated and Efore OYJ.

Edax Incorporated

5
Edge Design Globa…

5
Edge Mobile Payme…

5
Edgecortix PTE

5
Edward VIA Virgin…

5
EDX Education

5
Effekt

5
Efore OYJ

5
Eduard Wille & KT ◀

5

What this shows Eduard holds 5 patents at rank #46,381, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Eduard

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,381 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices)

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

Eduard's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

17 4th percentile higher than 4% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	60.0%
2016	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT patent most?

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H04Q - Selecting 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#46,401

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

16.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT's lead technology class is B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25B
Ranked #46,401 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Eduard Wille GMBH & Co. KT against Edax, Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 16.5/100 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

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Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.