Overall rank by patents
#16,505
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: C08G (MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Wacker ranks #16,505 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 21 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R16505 · Foreign Corporation #16,505 · 18 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Wave Neuroscience, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Wacker Chemical · this assignee
35 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Wacker Chemical Ag stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #16,505 of 50,000; Innovation Score 35.2/100 sits in the top 50% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Wave Neuroscience, Inc. (±0 grants).
Wacker Chemical Ag has been granted 18 US utility patents between 2015 and 2019, placing Wacker Chemical Ag at #16,505 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 21 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 14.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in C08G (MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS). As a Foreign Corporation, Wacker Chemical Ag is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Wacker sits between Williams International Co., L.l.c. (18 patents, rank #16,506) and Winegard Company (18 patents, rank #16,514) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 35.2/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 0 grants, compared with 18 in the 2015–2019 window, a -100% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Wacker Chemical Ag's 14.7 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 21 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
WILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL CO., L.L.C.
18 patents
WINGCOMM CO. LTD.
18 patents
WITTUR HOLDING GMBH
18 patents
WUXI ESIONTECH CO., LTD.
18 patents
Wave Neuroscience, Inc.
18 patents
Weir Slurry Group, Inc.
18 patents
Wenzhou MTLC Electric Appliances Co., Ltd
18 patents
Winegard Company
18 patents
Wacker Chemical AG
18 patents
What this shows Wacker holds 18 patents at rank #16,510, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #16,510 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Wacker's primary technology class.
Wacker's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 27.8% |
| 2016 | 5 | 27.8% |
| 2017 | 3 | 16.7% |
| 2018 | 4 | 22.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 5.6% |
Top 15 of 21 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#16,505
of 50,000 tracked assignees
35.2 out of 100
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.