Where does EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG ranks #46,487 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 EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG hold?

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG's Innovation Score?

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has an Innovation Score of 46.4 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG focus on?

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG's top technology area is G21D (Nuclear Power Plant) with 2 patents, ranking #41 of 75 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG's recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG's patents?

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG's patents average 12.4 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 EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg 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

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 13 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: G21D (Nuclear Power Plant).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Enbw ranks #46,487 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 13 technology areas.

#46,487
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.4/100): 12.4
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46487 · Foreign Corporation #46,487 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,487/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Empa Swiss Federal…
CPC-FOCUS G21D · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (±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 Enbw’s 46.4 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 (13%) Velocity 20.0 pts (43%) Breadth 12.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
EnBW Energie… · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Enbw's Innovation Score is 46.4/100 (top 21% 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 Enbw?

Each dot is one of Enbw’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). Enbw’s own 12.4 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Enbw's grants concentrate

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under G21D (Nuclear Power Plant). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Enbw sits between EmpNia Inc. and Endo Ventures Limited.

Enbw's three-year grant acceleration

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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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5

What this shows EnBW holds 5 patents at rank #46,577, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near EnBW

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,577 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G21D (Nuclear Power Plant)

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

Enbw's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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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EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%
2024	2	40.0%

Which technologies does EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG patent most?

G21D - Nuclear Power Plant 2

B28D - Working Stone OR Stone-like Materials 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 1

B27B - Saws FOR Wood OR Similar MATERIAL; Components OR Accessories Therefor 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

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

F03D - Wind Motors 1

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 1

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 1

Top 13 of 13 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

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG's lead technology class is G21D (Nuclear Power Plant), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G21D
Ranked #46,487 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG against EmpNia Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.4/100 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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