Where does Weidplas GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Weidplas GMBH ranks #25,535 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 Weidplas GMBH hold?

Weidplas GMBH holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Weidplas GMBH's Innovation Score?

Weidplas GMBH has an Innovation Score of 33.0 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 Weidplas GMBH focus on?

Weidplas GMBH's top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 8 patents, ranking #408 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Weidplas GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Weidplas GMBH's recent grant velocity is -62% 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 Weidplas GMBH's patents?

Weidplas GMBH's patents average 15.7 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 Weidplas GMBH 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

Weidplas GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Weidplas ranks #25,535 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 18 technology areas.

#25,535
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (33.0/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25535 · Foreign Corporation #25,535 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,535/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH VoltServer
CPC-FOCUS B60R · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: VoltServer, 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 Weidplas’s 33.0 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 8.6 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Weidplas · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Weidplas's Innovation Score is 33.0/100 (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 Weidplas?

Each dot is one of Weidplas’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). Weidplas’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Weidplas's grants concentrate

Weidplas GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Weidplas sits between VoltServer, Inc. and Whoborn Inc..

Voltserver

11
W Morrison Consul…

11
Warren Industries

11
Warszawski Uniwer…

11
Weihai Hualing Op…

11
Well Being Digital

11
Wella Internation…

11
Whoborn

11
Weidplas ◀

11

What this shows Weidplas holds 11 patents at rank #25,514, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Weidplas

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,514 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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

Weidplas'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 · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Weidplas GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2016	2	18.2%
2017	2	18.2%
2019	3	27.3%
2020	2	18.2%
2021	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Weidplas GMBH patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 4

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 2

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 2

B01D - Separation 1

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Weidplas GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Weidplas GMBH's lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 72.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #25,535 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Weidplas GMBH against VoltServer, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.0/100 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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