Where does VW Kraftwerk GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), VW Kraftwerk GmbH ranks #44,006 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 VW Kraftwerk GmbH hold?

VW Kraftwerk GmbH holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2023, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is VW Kraftwerk GmbH's Innovation Score?

VW Kraftwerk GmbH has an Innovation Score of 23.2 out of 100 (12th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is VW Kraftwerk GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

VW Kraftwerk GmbH's recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for VW Kraftwerk GmbH's patents?

VW Kraftwerk GmbH's patents average 8.7 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 VW Kraftwerk 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

VW Kraftwerk GmbH

Q: What technology areas does VW Kraftwerk GmbH focus on?

VW Kraftwerk GmbH's top technology area is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2023. 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: H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, VW ranks #44,006 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#44,006
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.2/100): 8.7
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44006 · Foreign Corporation #44,006 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #44,006/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ValGenesis
CPC-NARROW H01M · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ValGenesis, 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
VW Kraftwerk · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows VW's Innovation Score is 23.2/100 (12th 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.

Where VW's grants concentrate

VW Kraftwerk GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, VW sits between VRChat Inc. and ValGenesis, Inc..

VW's three-year grant acceleration

VW Kraftwerk GmbH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Vrchat

6
VSK

6
Vuclip (Singapore…

6
Vuff

6
Vw-vm Forschungsg…

6
VWS (UK)

6
Vysoke Uceni Tech…

6
Valgenesis

6
VW Kraftwerk ◀

6

What this shows VW holds 6 patents at rank #43,913, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near VW

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,913 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01M (Processes OR Means)

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

VW's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2023

Grants by year

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

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VW Kraftwerk GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2021	2	33.3%
2022	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%

Which technologies does VW Kraftwerk GmbH patent most?

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#44,006

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

23.2 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

VW Kraftwerk GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

VW Kraftwerk GmbH's lead technology class is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01M
Ranked #44,006 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare VW Kraftwerk GmbH against VRChat Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.2/100 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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