Where does RWE Renewables GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), RWE Renewables GmbH ranks #19,101 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 RWE Renewables GmbH hold?

RWE Renewables GmbH holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is RWE Renewables GmbH's Innovation Score?

RWE Renewables GmbH has an Innovation Score of 54.0 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does RWE Renewables GmbH focus on?

RWE Renewables GmbH's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 13 patents, ranking #1,009 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is RWE Renewables GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for RWE Renewables GmbH.

What does claim depth mean for RWE Renewables GmbH's patents?

RWE Renewables GmbH's patents average 15.1 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 RWE Renewables GmbH 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

RWE Renewables GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, RWE ranks #19,101 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 19 technology areas.

#19,101
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.0/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19101 · Foreign Corporation #19,101 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,101/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Radius Group
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Radius Group, 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 RWE’s 54.0 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 9.6 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (37%) Breadth 15.4 pts (29%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
RWE Renewables · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows RWE's Innovation Score is 54.0/100 (top 8% 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 RWE?

Each dot is one of RWE’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). RWE’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where RWE's grants concentrate

RWE Renewables GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (5 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2022. By volume, RWE sits between RPS Group, Inc. and Rapala VMC Oyj.

RWE's three-year grant acceleration

RWE Renewables GmbH shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

RPS Group

15
Rt-filtertechnik

15
RTG Scientific

15
Runsafe Security

15
Rwth Aachen

15
Radius Group

15
Rain Neuromorphics

15
Rapala VMC Oyj

15
RWE Renewables ◀

15

What this shows RWE holds 15 patents at rank #19,078, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near RWE

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,078 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

RWE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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RWE Renewables GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	4	26.7%
2023	4	26.7%
2024	5	33.3%
2025partial year	2	13.3%

Which technologies does RWE Renewables GmbH patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 13

F03D - Wind Motors 9

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 8

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 5

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 4

E02B - Hydraulic Engineering 4

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 4

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 3

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 1

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

D07B - Ropes OR Cables IN General 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

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

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 1

Top 15 of 19 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

RWE Renewables GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

RWE Renewables GmbH's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #19,101 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare RWE Renewables GmbH against RPS Group, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.0/100 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

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