Where does Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl ranks #25,539 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 Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl hold?

Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl's Innovation Score?

Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl has an Innovation Score of 47.7 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl focus on?

Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl's top technology area is A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations) with 9 patents, ranking #133 of 1,001 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl.

What does claim depth mean for Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl's patents?

Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl's patents average 14.2 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl

Q: How is the Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl 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 PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wella ranks #25,539 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 9 technology areas.

#25,539
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.7/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25539 · Foreign Corporation #25,539 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,539/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Warszawski Uniwersyt…
CPC-NARROW A61Q · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny (±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 Wella’s 47.7 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 (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 10.6 pts (22%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Wella International… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Wella's Innovation Score is 47.7/100 (top 18% 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 Wella?

Each dot is one of Wella’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). Wella’s own 14.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Wella's grants concentrate

Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2022. By volume, Wella sits between Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny and Wirepas OY.

Wella's three-year grant acceleration

Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Warszawski Uniwer…

11
Weidplas

11
Weihai Hualing Op…

11
Well Being Digital

11
Whoborn

11
Wholeknit Interna…

11
Wilton Industries

11
Wirepas OY

11
Wella Internation… ◀

11

What this shows Wella holds 11 patents at rank #25,517, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wella

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,517 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations)

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

Wella's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	3	27.3%
2023	4	36.4%
2025partial year	4	36.4%

Which technologies does Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl patent most?

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 9

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 9

D06P - Dyeing OR Printing TEXTILES; Dyeing Leather, Furs OR Solid Macromolecular Substances IN ANY Form 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 1

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl's lead technology class is A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations), 81.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61Q
Ranked #25,539 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl against Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.7/100 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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