Where does Wahl Clipper Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wahl Clipper Corporation ranks #3,642 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 Wahl Clipper Corporation hold?

Wahl Clipper Corporation holds 101 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Wahl Clipper Corporation's Innovation Score?

Wahl Clipper Corporation has an Innovation Score of 40.9 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Wahl Clipper Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wahl Clipper Corporation's recent grant velocity is -12% 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 Wahl Clipper Corporation's patents?

Wahl Clipper Corporation's patents average 4.5 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 Wahl Clipper Corporation 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

Wahl Clipper Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Wahl Clipper Corporation focus on?

Wahl Clipper Corporation's top technology area is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 25 patents. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 101 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wahl ranks #3,642 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 101 patents across 10 technology areas.

#3,642
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (40.9/100): 4.5
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3642 · US Corporation #3,642 · 101 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 101 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,642/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Radio Flyer
CPC-FOCUS B26B · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Radio Flyer Company (±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
OCÉ- B V · near

41
Seikagaku · near

41
Wahl Clipper · this assignee

41
Advanced Optoelectro… · near

41
KAO Germany · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wahl's Innovation Score is 40.9/100 (top 34% 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 Wahl's grants concentrate

Wahl Clipper Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 24.8% of grants classified under B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (17 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Wahl sits between The Radio Flyer Company and Zimmer Spine, Inc..

Wahl's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Wahl Clipper Corporation moved from 23 to 38 grants (1.65x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #343. See the growth leaderboard.

The Radio Flyer

101
The United States…

101
Thermo Fisher Sci…

101
Vetco Gray

101
West Virginia Uni…

101
Zhongshan Broad-o…

101
ZTE (USA)

101
Zimmer Spine

101
Wahl Clipper ◀

101

What this shows Wahl holds 101 patents at rank #3,642, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wahl

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,642 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Wahl, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Seikagaku Corporation 41 Advanced Optoelectronic Technology, Inc. 41 KAO Germany GMBH 41 OCÉ-TECHNOLOGIES B.V. 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (4.5 here).

Blanco GMBH + Co KG 4.5 avg Rinnai Corporation 4.5 avg SMC Corporation 4.5 avg Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. 4.5 avg

Wahl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Wahl Clipper Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	5.9%
2016	6	5.9%
2017	12	11.9%
2018	9	8.9%
2019	17	16.8%
2020	4	4.0%
2021	2	2.0%
2022	17	16.8%
2023	14	13.9%
2024	7	6.9%
2025partial year	7	6.9%

Which technologies does Wahl Clipper Corporation patent most?

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 25

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 4

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 2

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 1

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

A46D - Manufacture OF Brushes 1

A46B - Brushes 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,642

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

40.9 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

Wahl Clipper Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wahl Clipper Corporation's lead technology class is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 24.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B26B
Ranked #3,642 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wahl Clipper Corporation against The Radio Flyer Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.9/100 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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