Where does Vossloh-Werke GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vossloh-Werke GmbH ranks #17,354 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 Vossloh-Werke GmbH hold?

Vossloh-Werke GmbH holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Vossloh-Werke GmbH's Innovation Score?

Vossloh-Werke GmbH has an Innovation Score of 30.5 out of 100 (34th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Vossloh-Werke GmbH focus on?

Vossloh-Werke GmbH's top technology area is E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds) with 17 patents, ranking #8 of 117 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vossloh-Werke GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vossloh-Werke GmbH's recent grant velocity is -79% 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 Vossloh-Werke GmbH's patents?

Vossloh-Werke GmbH's patents average 15.2 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 Vossloh-Werke 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

Vossloh-Werke GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vossloh-werke ranks #17,354 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 8 technology areas.

#17,354
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.5/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: -79%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17354 · Foreign Corporation #17,354 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,354/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vesper
CPC-NARROW E01B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -79% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vesper 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.

How Vossloh-werke’s 30.5 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 10.0 pts (33%) Velocity 1.3 pts (4%) Breadth 10.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Vossloh-Werke · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vossloh-werke's Innovation Score is 30.5/100 (34th percentile 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 Vossloh-werke?

Each dot is one of Vossloh-werke’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). Vossloh-werke’s own 15.2 claims/patent is at or below the 18.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Vossloh-werke's grants concentrate

Vossloh-Werke GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Vossloh-werke sits between Vesper Technologies Inc. and Waylens, Inc..

Vossloh-werke's three-year grant acceleration

Vossloh-Werke GmbH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Vesper

17
Vicentra B V

17
Virtualitics

17
Visual Physics

17
Vycor Medical

17
Wacoal

17
Wagstaff

17
Waylens

17
Vossloh-werke ◀

17

What this shows Vossloh-Werke holds 17 patents at rank #17,351, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vossloh-Werke

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,351 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E01B (Permanent WAY)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Vossloh-Werke's primary technology class.

Vossloh-werke's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Vossloh-Werke GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	35.3%
2016	2	11.8%
2017	1	5.9%
2018	2	11.8%
2019	3	17.6%
2020	2	11.8%
2022	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Vossloh-Werke GmbH patent most?

E01B - Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds 17

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Vossloh-Werke GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vossloh-Werke GmbH's lead technology class is E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E01B
Ranked #17,354 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vossloh-Werke GmbH against Vesper Technologies Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.5/100 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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