Where does Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG ranks #26,617 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 Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 51.5 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 17.5 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 Iwis antriebssysteme 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

Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is F16G (Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor) with 6 patents, ranking #27 of 244 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: F16G (Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Iwis ranks #26,617 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 13 technology areas.

#26,617
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.5/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26617 · Foreign Corporation #26,617 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,617/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ipass
CPC-FOCUS F16G · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ipass 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 Iwis’s 51.5 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 8.3 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 12.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Iwis's Innovation Score is 51.5/100 (top 11% 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 Iwis?

Each dot is one of Iwis’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). Iwis’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Iwis's grants concentrate

Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under F16G (Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Iwis sits between Ipass Inc. and JBL Radical Innovations, LLC.

Iwis's three-year grant acceleration

Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG shows 5 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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10
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10

What this shows Iwis holds 10 patents at rank #26,611, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Iwis

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,611 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16G (Belts)

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

Iwis's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	30.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2022	4	40.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 6

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 4

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

F16H - Gearing 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 2

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 2

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 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 1

A01F - Processing OF Harvested PRODUCE; HAY OR Straw PRESSES; Devices FOR Storing Agricultural OR Horticultural Produce 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 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

Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is F16G (Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16G
Ranked #26,617 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG against Ipass Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.5/100 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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