Where does Wacker Nueson Production Americas LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wacker Nueson Production Americas LLC ranks #19,340 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 Nueson Production Americas LLC hold?

Wacker Nueson Production Americas LLC holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Wacker Nueson Production Americas LLC's Innovation Score?

Wacker Nueson Production Americas LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.3 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%).

What technology areas does Wacker Nueson Production Americas LLC focus on?

Wacker Nueson Production Americas LLC's top technology area is E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wacker Nueson Production Americas LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wacker Nueson Production Americas LLC'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 Nueson Production Americas LLC's patents?

Wacker Nueson Production Americas LLC's patents average 16.5 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 Nueson Production Americas LLC 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

Wacker Nueson Production Americas LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 20 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: E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wacker ranks #19,340 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 20 technology areas.

#19,340
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.3/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19340 · US Corporation #19,340 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,340/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wanhua Chemical…
CPC-FOCUS E02F · 20 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wanhua Chemical (NINGBO) 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Wacker Nueson… · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wacker's Innovation Score is 35.3/100 (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.

Where Wacker's grants concentrate

Wacker Nueson Production Americas LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Wacker sits between Wanhua Chemical (NINGBO) Co., Ltd. and Westfield Outdoor, Inc..

Wanhua Chemical (…

15
Welead Infrastruc…

15
Wenzhou Medical U…

15
WMF

15
Warren Environmen…

15
West Virginia Uni…

15
Westblock Systems

15
Westfield Outdoor

15
Wacker Nueson Pro… ◀

15

What this shows Wacker holds 15 patents at rank #19,338, 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 #19,338 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E02F (Dredging)

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 Nueson Production Americas LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.7%
2016	4	26.7%
2017	4	26.7%
2018	4	26.7%
2019	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Wacker Nueson Production Americas LLC patent most?

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 6

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 5

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 2

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 2

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 2

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 2

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 1

F23K - Feeding Fuel TO Combustion Apparatus 1

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 1

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

F24V - Collection, Production OR USE OF Heat NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#19,340

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.3 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

Wacker Nueson Production Americas LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wacker Nueson Production Americas LLC's lead technology class is E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E02F
Ranked #19,340 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wacker Nueson Production Americas LLC against Wanhua Chemical (NINGBO) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.3/100 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

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