Where does Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG ranks #9,787 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 Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 40.1 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -72% 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 Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG'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 Herbert Waldmann 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

Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is F21W (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems) with 4 patents, ranking #190 of 722 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: F21W (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Herbert ranks #9,787 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 12 technology areas.

#9,787
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.1/100): 4.0
avg claims per patent: -72%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9787 · Foreign Corporation #9,787 · 32 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,787/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gynesonics
CPC-FOCUS F21W · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -72% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gynesonics, 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 Herbert’s 40.1 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 12.1 pts (30%) Velocity 13.3 pts (33%) Breadth 12.2 pts (31%) Claim depth 2.4 pts (6%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GEA Tuchenhagen · near

40
Herbert Waldmann & KG · this assignee

40
Silicon Valley Bank · near

40
SiTune · near

40
Smiths Detection-Wat… · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Herbert's Innovation Score is 40.1/100 (top 36% 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 Herbert?

Each dot is one of Herbert’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). Herbert’s own 4.0 claims/patent is at or below the 9.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Herbert's grants concentrate

Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 12.5% of grants classified under F21W (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Herbert sits between Gynesonics, Inc. and Harima Chemicals, Incorporated.

Herbert's three-year grant acceleration

Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Gynesonics

32
Hamanakodenso

32
Hanwit Precision…

32
Heesung Catalysts

32
Hirosaki Universi…

32
Haldex Brake Prod…

32
Halliburton Manuf…

32
Harima Chemicals…

32
Herbert Waldmann… ◀

32

What this shows Herbert holds 32 patents at rank #9,782, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Herbert

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,782 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21W (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Herbert, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21W (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k), Herbert ranks #190 of 722 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH 40 SiTune Corporation 40 Silicon Valley Bank 40 Smiths Detection-Watford Limited 40

Herbert's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	9.4%
2016	6	18.8%
2017	5	15.6%
2018	9	28.1%
2019	2	6.3%
2020	1	3.1%
2022	3	9.4%
2023	2	6.3%
2024	1	3.1%

Which technologies does Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 4

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 1

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 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 1

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

Top 12 of 12 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

Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is F21W (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems), 12.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21W
Ranked #9,787 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG against Gynesonics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.1/100 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.

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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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