Where does ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG ranks #6,022 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 ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG hold?

ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG holds 56 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG's Innovation Score?

ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG has an Innovation Score of 48.5 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG's recent grant velocity is +89% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG's patents?

ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG's patents average 14.6 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 ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG 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

ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG

Q: What technology areas does ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG focus on?

ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG's top technology area is G01K (Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 41 patents, ranking #6 of 859 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 56 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G01K (Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Endress+hauser ranks #6,022 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 56 patents across 25 technology areas.

#6,022
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.5/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: +89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6022 · Foreign Corporation #6,022 · 56 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 56 grants
UPPER-Q #6,022/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DaVinci II CSJ
CPC-FOCUS G01K · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DaVinci II CSJ, LLC (±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 Endress+hauser’s 48.5 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 14.0 pts (29%) Velocity 8.1 pts (17%) Breadth 17.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alcon Research · near

49
C3 Nano · near

49
Discord · near

49
ENDRESS+HAUSER… · this assignee

49
Railway Equipment · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Endress+hauser's Innovation Score is 48.5/100 (top 16% 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 Endress+hauser?

Each dot is one of Endress+hauser’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). Endress+hauser’s own 14.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Endress+hauser's grants concentrate

ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 73.2% of grants classified under G01K (Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Endress+hauser sits between DaVinci II CSJ, LLC and Foxconn Technology Group Co., Ltd..

Endress+hauser's three-year grant acceleration

ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG shows 22 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Davinci II CSJ

56
Dongguan Universi…

56
Duravit Aktienges…

56
ECI Telecom

56
Eberspächer Catem…

56
Enovix

56
Flex-n-gate Advan…

56
Foxconn Technolog…

56
Endress+Hauser We… ◀

56

What this shows ENDRESS+HAUSER holds 56 patents at rank #6,021, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ENDRESS+HAUSER

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,021 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01K (Measuring Temperature)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in ENDRESS+HAUSER's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ENDRESS+HAUSER, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01K (Measuring Temperature), ENDRESS+HAUSER ranks #6 of 859 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Alcon Research, Ltd. 49 C3 Nano, Inc. 49 Discord Inc. 49 Railway Equipment Company 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.6 here).

VTV Therapeutics LLC 14.6 avg The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research 14.6 avg Senko Advanced Components, Inc. 14.6 avg Xiamen ECO Lighting Co. Ltd. 14.6 avg

Endress+hauser's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	7.1%
2016	2	3.6%
2017	1	1.8%
2018	5	8.9%
2019	6	10.7%
2020	7	12.5%
2021	5	8.9%
2022	7	12.5%
2023	7	12.5%
2024	8	14.3%
2025partial year	4	7.1%

Which technologies does ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG patent most?

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 41

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 11

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 6

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

H04B - Transmission 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 2

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

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

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

Top 15 of 25 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

ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG's lead technology class is G01K (Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 73.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01K
Ranked #6,022 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ENDRESS+HAUSER Wetzer GMBH+CO. KG against DaVinci II CSJ, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.5/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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