Where does Wacker Chemical AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wacker Chemical AG ranks #16,505 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 Wacker Chemical AG hold?

Wacker Chemical AG holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Wacker Chemical AG's Innovation Score?

Wacker Chemical AG has an Innovation Score of 35.2 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Wacker Chemical AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wacker Chemical AG's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Wacker Chemical AG's patents?

Wacker Chemical AG's patents average 14.7 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 Wacker Chemical AG 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

Wacker Chemical AG

Q: What technology areas does Wacker Chemical AG focus on?

Wacker Chemical AG's top technology area is C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds) with 11 patents, ranking #316 of 1,741 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wacker ranks #16,505 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 21 technology areas.

#16,505
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.2/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,505/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wave Neuroscience
CPC-FOCUS C08G · 21 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

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.

How Wacker’s 35.2 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 10.2 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 16.2 pts (46%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Wacker Chemical · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wacker's Innovation Score is 35.2/100 (top 50% 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 Wacker?

Each dot is one of Wacker’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). Wacker’s own 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Wacker's grants concentrate

Wacker Chemical AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 61.1% of grants classified under C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Wacker sits between Williams International Co., L.L.C. and Winegard Company.

Williams Internat…

18
Wingcomm

18
Wittur Holding

18
Wuxi Esiontech

18
Wave Neuroscience

18
Weir Slurry Group

18
Wenzhou Mtlc Elec…

18
Winegard

18
Wacker Chemical ◀

18

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.

Companies ranked near Wacker

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,510 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY React…)

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 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Wacker Chemical AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
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%

Which technologies does Wacker Chemical AG patent most?

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 11

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 8

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 8

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 3

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 3

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 3

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 3

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 2

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 1

B01D - Separation 1

Top 15 of 21 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

Wacker Chemical AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wacker Chemical AG's lead technology class is C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds), 61.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08G
Ranked #16,505 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wacker Chemical AG against Williams International Co., L.L.C., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.2/100 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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