Where does Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa ranks #33,861 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 Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa hold?

Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2024, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa's Innovation Score?

Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa has an Innovation Score of 32.9 out of 100 (43rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa focus on?

Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa's top technology area is B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges) with 4 patents, ranking #81 of 410 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa.

What does claim depth mean for Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa's patents?

Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa's patents average 14.3 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 Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa 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

Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2024. 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: B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wanzl ranks #33,861 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 13 technology areas.

#33,861
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.9/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33861 · Foreign Corporation #33,861 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,861/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Volpe and Koenig P C
CPC-FOCUS B62B · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2024 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Volpe and Koenig, P.C. (±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 Wanzl’s 32.9 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 7.6 pts (23%) Velocity 4.0 pts (12%) Breadth 12.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Wanzl & Kgaa · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wanzl's Innovation Score is 32.9/100 (43rd percentile 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 Wanzl?

Each dot is one of Wanzl’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). Wanzl’s own 14.3 claims/patent is at or below the 19.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Wanzl's grants concentrate

Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Wanzl sits between Volpe and Koenig, P.C. and Welcome Co., Ltd..

Wanzl's three-year grant acceleration

Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

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What this shows Wanzl holds 8 patents at rank #33,843, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wanzl

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,843 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles)

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

Wanzl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	5	62.5%
2022	2	25.0%
2024	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa patent most?

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

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 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

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 1

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

G07B - Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa's lead technology class is B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62B
Ranked #33,861 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wanzl GMBH & Co. Kgaa against Volpe and Koenig, P.C., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.9/100 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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