Where does Weldon Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Weldon Industries, Inc. ranks #33,877 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 Weldon Industries, Inc. hold?

Weldon Industries, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Weldon Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Weldon Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 19.1 out of 100 (6th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Weldon Industries, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Weldon Industries, Inc.'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 Weldon Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Weldon Industries, Inc.'s patents average 3.6 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 Weldon Industries, Inc. 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

Weldon Industries, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Weldon Industries, Inc. focus on?

Weldon Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is E05Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof) with 1 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: E05Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Detail).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Weldon ranks #33,877 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 7 technology areas.

#33,877
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 6th percentile
by Innovation Score (19.1/100): 3.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33877 · US Corporation #33,877 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,877/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Weatherchem
CPC-NARROW E05Y · 7 areas
INNOV-LOW 19.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Weatherchem Corporation (±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
Weldon Industries · this assignee

19
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Weldon's Innovation Score is 19.1/100 (6th 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.

Where Weldon's grants concentrate

Weldon Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 12.5% of grants classified under E05Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Detail). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Weldon sits between Weatherchem Corporation and Westmill Industries Ltd..

Weatherchem

8
Webb Wheel Produc…

8
Weber Knapp

8
Weiler Engineering

8
Westech Engineeri…

8
Western Industries

8
Westlake Longview

8
Westmill Industri…

8
Weldon Industries ◀

8

What this shows Weldon holds 8 patents at rank #33,884, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Weldon

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,884 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f)

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

Weldon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

19 6th percentile higher than 6% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Weldon Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	25.0%
2016	2	25.0%
2017	1	12.5%
2018	3	37.5%

Which technologies does Weldon Industries, Inc. patent most?

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 1

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 1

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

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#33,877

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

19.1 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

Weldon Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Weldon Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is E05Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Detail), 12.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E05Y
Ranked #33,877 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Weldon Industries, Inc. against Weatherchem Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 19.1/100 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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