Where does Michael Weinig AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Michael Weinig AG ranks #16,198 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 Michael Weinig AG hold?

Michael Weinig AG holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Michael Weinig AG's Innovation Score?

Michael Weinig AG has an Innovation Score of 40.3 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 Michael Weinig AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Michael Weinig AG's recent grant velocity is -20% 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 Michael Weinig AG's patents?

Michael Weinig AG's patents average 17.6 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 Michael Weinig 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

Michael Weinig AG

Q: What technology areas does Michael Weinig AG focus on?

Michael Weinig AG's top technology area is 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) with 7 patents, ranking #83 of 613 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: 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; Co).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Michael ranks #16,198 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 22 technology areas.

#16,198
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.3/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16198 · Foreign Corporation #16,198 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,198/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Metavention
CPC-FOCUS B23Q · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Metavention, 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 Michael’s 40.3 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 10.2 pts (25%) Velocity 3.0 pts (7%) Breadth 16.6 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Michael Weinig · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Michael's Innovation Score is 40.3/100 (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 Michael?

Each dot is one of Michael’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). Michael’s own 17.6 claims/patent is at or below the 19.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Michael's grants concentrate

Michael Weinig AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 38.9% of grants classified under 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; Co). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Michael sits between Metavention, Inc. and Mistras Group, Inc..

Michael's three-year grant acceleration

Michael Weinig AG shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Metavention

18
Metro Internation…

18
Metso Minerals In…

18
Metso Outotec USA

18
Mimecast North Am…

18
Minimax Viking Pa…

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Mirraviz

18
Mistras Group

18
Michael Weinig ◀

18

What this shows Michael holds 18 patents at rank #16,201, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Michael

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,201 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23Q (Details)

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

Michael'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 · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Michael Weinig AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	5.6%
2017	2	11.1%
2018	2	11.1%
2019	5	27.8%
2020	3	16.7%
2021	1	5.6%
2022	3	16.7%
2023	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Michael Weinig AG patent most?

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 7

B27C - Planing, Drilling, Milling, Turning OR Universal Machines FOR Wood OR Similar Material 7

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 7

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

B27M - Working OF Wood NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses B27b - B27L; Manufacture OF Specific Wooden Articles 5

B27B - Saws FOR Wood OR Similar MATERIAL; Components OR Accessories Therefor 3

B23B - TURNING; Boring 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

B27G - Accessory Machines OR Apparatus FOR Working Wood OR Similar MATERIALS; Tools FOR Working Wood OR Similar Materials ; Safety Devices FOR Wood Working Machines OR Tools 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Michael Weinig AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Michael Weinig AG's lead technology class is 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; Co), 38.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23Q
Ranked #16,198 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Michael Weinig AG against Metavention, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.3/100 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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