Where does Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG ranks #2,451 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 Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG hold?

Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG holds 160 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 52 technology areas.

What is Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 55.7 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -22% 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 Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG's patents?

Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG's patents average 15.4 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 Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen 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

Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG focus on?

Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG's top technology area is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam) with 79 patents. Grants appear in 52 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 160 granted patents across 52 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Trumpf ranks #2,451 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 160 patents across 52 technology areas.

#2,451
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.7/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: -22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2451 · Foreign Corporation #2,451 · 160 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 160 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,451/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nuvoton Technology…
CPC-WIDE B23K · 52 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan (±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
Shanghai Yanfeng… · near

56
Tanaka Kikinzoku… · near

56
Trumpf Werkzeugmasch… · this assignee

56
Architecture… · near

56
Sumitomo Bakelite · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Trumpf's Innovation Score is 55.7/100 (top 7% 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.

How Trumpf's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG received 70 grants versus 90 in 2015–2019 (-22% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 29 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 1. Lead class B23K accounts for 49.4% of the portfolio across 52 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan (#2,447) and Elemental Scientific, Inc. (#2,455).

Trumpf's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG moved from 59 to 35 grants (0.59x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,467. See the growth leaderboard.

Nuvoton Technolog…

160
Qomplx

160
Rolex

160
Sybase

160
Valentino S p A

160
Veoneer US

160
Trumpf Werkzeugma… ◀

160
Atricure

159
Elemental Scienti…

159

What this shows Trumpf holds 160 patents at rank #2,451, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Trumpf

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,451 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. 56 Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. 56 Architecture Technology Corporation 56 Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.4 here).

Sandoz AG 15.4 avg Mikro Mesa Technology Co., Ltd. 15.4 avg Epistar Corporation 15.4 avg Mitac Computing Technology Corporation 15.4 avg

Trumpf's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	10.0%
2016	16	10.0%
2017	16	10.0%
2018	18	11.3%
2019	24	15.0%
2020	21	13.1%
2021	14	8.8%
2022	29	18.1%
2023	5	3.1%
2024	1	0.6%

Which technologies does Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG patent most?

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 79

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 58

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 33

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 28

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 27

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 16

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 16

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 16

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

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 6

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

Top 15 of 52 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,451

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

55.7 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

Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG's lead technology class is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam), 49.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23K
Ranked #2,451 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG against Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.7/100 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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