Where does Wabtec Holding Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wabtec Holding Corp. ranks #4,991 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 Wabtec Holding Corp. hold?

Wabtec Holding Corp. holds 70 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 41 technology areas.

What is Wabtec Holding Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Wabtec Holding Corp. has an Innovation Score of 52.1 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Wabtec Holding Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wabtec Holding Corp.'s recent grant velocity is -91% 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 Wabtec Holding Corp.'s patents?

Wabtec Holding Corp.'s patents average 19.1 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 Wabtec Holding Corp. 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 US Corporation

Wabtec Holding Corp.

Q: What technology areas does Wabtec Holding Corp. focus on?

Wabtec Holding Corp.'s top technology area is B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes) with 22 patents, ranking #53 of 539 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 41 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 70 granted patents across 41 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted MO).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wabtec ranks #4,991 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 70 patents across 41 technology areas.

#4,991
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.1/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4991 · US Corporation #4,991 · 70 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 70 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,991/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Techtronic Industries
CPC-WIDE B60T · 41 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. (±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 Wabtec’s 52.1 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 14.7 pts (28%) Velocity 3.3 pts (6%) Breadth 22.6 pts (43%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bizerba SE & KG · near

52
Consolidated Metco · near

52
Wabtec Holding · this assignee

52
Willow Laboratories · near

52
STI Holdings · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wabtec's Innovation Score is 52.1/100 (top 10% 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 Wabtec?

Each dot is one of Wabtec’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). Wabtec’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Wabtec's grants concentrate

Wabtec Holding Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 41 CPC subclasses with 31.4% of grants classified under B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted MO). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (19 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Wabtec sits between Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. and ASM International N.V..

Wabtec's three-year grant acceleration

Wabtec Holding Corp. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Techtronic Indust…

70
Ty-flot

70
University of Vie…

70
Veltek Associates

70
Wickr

70
Wabtec Holding ◀

70
Ali

69
AOB Products

69
ASM International

69

What this shows Wabtec holds 70 patents at rank #4,991, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wabtec

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,991 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Wabtec, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof), Wabtec ranks #53 of 539 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Consolidated Metco, Inc. 52 Willow Laboratories, Inc. 52 STI Holdings, Inc. 52 Bizerba SE & Co. KG 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated 19.1 avg Dialog Semiconductor B.V. 19.1 avg Biomet 3i, LLC 19.1 avg Cepheid 19.1 avg

Wabtec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Wabtec Holding Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	22.9%
2016	19	27.1%
2017	13	18.6%
2018	13	18.6%
2019	3	4.3%
2020	1	1.4%
2021	2	2.9%
2022	1	1.4%
2023	2	2.9%

Which technologies does Wabtec Holding Corp. patent most?

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 22

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 16

B61H - Brakes OR Other Retarding Devices Specially Adapted FOR Rail VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Disposition Thereof IN Rail Vehicles 15

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 7

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 5

B61G - COUPLINGS; Draught AND Buffing Appliances 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 2

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 2

B61D - Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles 2

Top 15 of 41 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

Wabtec Holding Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wabtec Holding Corp.'s lead technology class is B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted MO), 31.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60T
Ranked #4,991 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wabtec Holding Corp. against Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.1/100 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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