Where does NV Michel VAN DE Wiele rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NV Michel VAN DE Wiele ranks #11,753 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 NV Michel VAN DE Wiele hold?

NV Michel VAN DE Wiele holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is NV Michel VAN DE Wiele's Innovation Score?

NV Michel VAN DE Wiele has an Innovation Score of 36.4 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does NV Michel VAN DE Wiele focus on?

NV Michel VAN DE Wiele's top technology area is D03D (Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms) with 15 patents. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is NV Michel VAN DE Wiele's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NV Michel VAN DE Wiele's recent grant velocity is -27% 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 NV Michel VAN DE Wiele's patents?

NV Michel VAN DE Wiele's patents average 18.9 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 NV Michel VAN DE Wiele 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

NV Michel VAN DE Wiele

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: D03D (Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NV ranks #11,753 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 14 technology areas.

#11,753
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.4/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: -27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11753 · Foreign Corporation #11,753 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,753/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nanocomp
CPC-FOCUS D03D · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanocomp Technologies 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
Aoyama Seisakusho · near

36
Goal Zero · near

36
Kaijo · near

36
Manitou BF · near

36
Michel VAN DE Wiele · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NV's Innovation Score is 36.4/100 (top 46% 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 NV's grants concentrate

NV Michel VAN DE Wiele is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 57.7% of grants classified under D03D (Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, NV sits between Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Corporation and Nation Wide Products LLC.

NV's three-year grant acceleration

NV Michel VAN DE Wiele shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Nippon Steel Stai…

26
Nisshin Foods

26
Northwest Instrum…

26
NS Solutions

26
Nypro

26
Nanocomp

26
Napra

26
Nation Wide Produ…

26
Michel VAN DE Wie… ◀

26

What this shows NV holds 26 patents at rank #11,747, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NV

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,747 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D03D (Woven Fabrics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Manitou BF 36 Kaijo Corporation 36 Aoyama Seisakusho Co., Ltd. 36 Goal Zero LLC 36

NV's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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NV Michel VAN DE Wiele patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	7.7%
2016	4	15.4%
2017	4	15.4%
2018	1	3.8%
2019	4	15.4%
2020	5	19.2%
2021	5	19.2%
2023	1	3.8%

Which technologies does NV Michel VAN DE Wiele patent most?

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 15

D03C - Shedding MECHANISMS; Pattern Cards OR CHAINS; Punching OF CARDS; Designing Patterns 8

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 4

D05C - EMBROIDERING; Tufting 3

D02H - Warping, Beaming OR Leasing 2

D05D - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses D05b AND D05c, Relating TO Sewing, Embroidering AND Tufting 2

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 2

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 2

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 2

D03J - Auxiliary Weaving APPARATUS; Weavers' TOOLS; Shuttles 1

D02J - Finishing OR Dressing OF Filaments, Yarns, Threads, Cords, Ropes OR THE Like 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#11,753

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

36.4 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

NV Michel VAN DE Wiele's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NV Michel VAN DE Wiele's lead technology class is D03D (Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms), 57.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D03D
Ranked #11,753 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NV Michel VAN DE Wiele against Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.4/100 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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