Overall rank by patents
#49,509
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: F27D (Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Paul ranks #49,509 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R49509 · Foreign Corporation #49,509 · 5 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: Patron Spirits International AG (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Paul Wurth Deutschland · this assignee
39 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Paul's Innovation Score is 39.2/100 (top 39% 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.
Paul Wurth Deutschland GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under F27D (Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace). By volume, Paul sits between Patron Spirits International AG and Pccw Vuclip (Singapore) Pte. Ltd..
Paul Wurth Deutschland GMBH shows 2 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.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Patron Spirits International AG
5 patents
Patternex, Inc.
5 patents
Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC
5 patents
Paul Muller GMBH & Co. KG Unternehmensbeteiligungen
5 patents
Paychief LLC
5 patents
PC Krause AND Associates, Inc.
5 patents
PCC Structurals, Inc.
5 patents
Pccw Vuclip (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
5 patents
Paul Wurth Deutschland GMBH
5 patents
What this shows Paul holds 5 patents at rank #49,476, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #49,476 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Paul's primary technology class.
Paul's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 20.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 1 | 20.0% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 40.0% |
Top 7 of 7 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#49,509
of 49,997 tracked assignees
39.2 out of 100
What to do with this data
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Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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