Where does Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach ranks #5,645 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 Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach hold?

Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach holds 61 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach's Innovation Score?

Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach has an Innovation Score of 47.4 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach's recent grant velocity is +3% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach's patents?

Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach's patents average 18.5 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 Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach 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

Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach

Q: What technology areas does Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach focus on?

Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach's top technology area is B26D (CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing) with 44 patents, ranking #3 of 595 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 61 granted patents across 30 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B26D (CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Weber ranks #5,645 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 61 patents across 30 technology areas.

#5,645
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.4/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: +3%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5645 · Foreign Corporation #5,645 · 61 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 61 grants
UPPER-Q #5,645/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ecoATM
CPC-FOCUS B26D · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +3% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ecoATM, LLC (±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 Weber’s 47.4 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 14.3 pts (30%) Velocity 2.7 pts (6%) Breadth 19.4 pts (41%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Altiostar Networks · near

47
Danfoss Commercial… · near

47
Renmatix · near

47
Sumitomo Dainippon… · near

47
Weber Maschinenbau… · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Weber's Innovation Score is 47.4/100 (top 19% 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 Weber?

Each dot is one of Weber’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). Weber’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Weber's grants concentrate

Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 72.1% of grants classified under B26D (CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Weber sits between UNL Holdings LLC and ARC Devices Limited.

Weber's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach moved from 27 to 11 grants (0.41x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

UNL Holdings

61
University of Mac…

61
Valens Semiconduc…

61
Vetco Gray Scandi…

61
XIA TAI XIN Semic…

61
ecoatm

61
intron Biotechnol…

61
Weber Maschinenba… ◀

61
ARC Devices

60

What this shows Weber holds 61 patents at rank #5,643, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Weber

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,643 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B26D (Cutting)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Weber, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B26D (Cutting), Weber ranks #3 of 595 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Altiostar Networks, Inc. 47 Danfoss Commercial Compressors 47 Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. 47 Renmatix, Inc. 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.5 here).

Envisics Ltd 18.5 avg Ancestry.com DNA, LLC 18.5 avg Allen Medical Systems, Inc. 18.5 avg Elan Microelectronics Corporation 18.5 avg

Weber's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	14.8%
2016	5	8.2%
2017	3	4.9%
2018	6	9.8%
2019	7	11.5%
2020	12	19.7%
2021	8	13.1%
2022	7	11.5%
2023	3	4.9%
2024	1	1.6%

Which technologies does Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach patent most?

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 44

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 22

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 21

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 15

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 10

A22C - Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish 7

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 4

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 2

E03D - Water-closets OR Urinals With Flushing DEVICES; Flushing Valves Therefor 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 1

Top 15 of 30 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

Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach's lead technology class is B26D (CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing), 72.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B26D
Ranked #5,645 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach against UNL Holdings LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.4/100 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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