Where does Heule Werkzeug AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Heule Werkzeug AG ranks #31,903 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 Heule Werkzeug AG hold?

Heule Werkzeug AG holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Heule Werkzeug AG's Innovation Score?

Heule Werkzeug AG has an Innovation Score of 24.0 out of 100 (13th 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 Heule Werkzeug AG focus on?

Heule Werkzeug AG's top technology area is B23B (TURNING; Boring) with 8 patents, ranking #62 of 490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Heule Werkzeug AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Heule Werkzeug AG's recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Heule Werkzeug AG's patents?

Heule Werkzeug AG's patents average 14.1 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 Heule Werkzeug 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

Heule Werkzeug AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 5 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: B23B (TURNING; Boring).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Heule ranks #31,903 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 5 technology areas.

#31,903
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.0/100): 14.1
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31903 · Foreign Corporation #31,903 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,903/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HemoShear
CPC-NARROW B23B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HemoShear, 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 Heule’s 24.0 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 7.6 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (33%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Heule Werkzeug · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Heule's Innovation Score is 24.0/100 (13th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Heule?

Each dot is one of Heule’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). Heule’s own 14.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Heule's grants concentrate

Heule Werkzeug AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B23B (TURNING; Boring). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Heule sits between HemoShear, LLC and Hillsound Equipment Inc..

Hemoshear

8
Hendrick Motorspo…

8
Her Majesty the Q…

8
Hera Wireless

8
Heywire

8
High Spot Health…

8
Highland Natural…

8
Hillsound Equipme…

8
Heule Werkzeug ◀

8

What this shows Heule holds 8 patents at rank #31,944, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Heule

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,944 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23B (Turning)

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

Heule's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% 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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Heule Werkzeug AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2017	1	12.5%
2018	3	37.5%
2019	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Heule Werkzeug AG patent most?

B23B - TURNING; Boring 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

B23C - Milling 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Heule Werkzeug AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Heule Werkzeug AG's lead technology class is B23B (TURNING; Boring), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23B
Ranked #31,903 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Heule Werkzeug AG against HemoShear, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.0/100 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.