Where does Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH ranks #9,275 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 Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH hold?

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH's Innovation Score?

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH has an Innovation Score of 29.0 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH focus on?

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 14 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH's patents?

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH's patents average 10.5 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 Henke-Sass, Wolf 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

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 6 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Henke-sass ranks #9,275 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 6 technology areas.

#9,275
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.0/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9275 · Foreign Corporation #9,275 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,275/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Harris Global…
CPC-NARROW A61B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Harris Global Communications, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aurora Spine · near

29
Micron Devices · near

29
Henke-Sass Wolf · this assignee

29
NcStar · near

29
Jiao Hsiung Industry · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Henke-sass's Innovation Score is 29.0/100 (29th 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 Henke-sass's grants concentrate

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 41.2% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Henke-sass sits between Harris Global Communications, Inc. and Hyland UK Operations Limited.

Henke-sass's three-year grant acceleration

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Harris Global Com…

34
Highlife SAS

34
Horiba Instrument…

34
HS Marston Aerosp…

34
Heron Therapeutics

34
Hublot Genève

34
Huf North America…

34
Hyland UK Operati…

34
Henke-sass Wolf ◀

34

What this shows Henke-Sass holds 34 patents at rank #9,278, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Henke-Sass

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,278 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Henke-Sass's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Henke-Sass, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

NcStar, Inc. 29 Micron Devices LLC 29 Aurora Spine, Inc. 29 Jiao Hsiung Industry Corp. 29

Henke-sass's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% 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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Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	5.9%
2016	4	11.8%
2017	2	5.9%
2018	5	14.7%
2019	5	14.7%
2020	2	5.9%
2021	4	11.8%
2022	3	8.8%
2025partial year	7	20.6%

Which technologies does Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 14

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 11

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 10

A61D - Veterinary Instruments, Implements, Tools, OR Methods 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#9,275

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

29.0 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

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 41.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #9,275 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH against Harris Global Communications, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.0/100 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

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.