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Wella Operations US, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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 #13,253 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 6 technology areas.

#13,253
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.1/100)
11.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13253 · US Corporation #13,253 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

  • GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
  • MID-PACK #13,253/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH VusionGroup
  • CPC-NARROW A61Q · 6 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 35.1/100
  • CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
  • BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: VusionGroup GmbH (±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 35.1 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Wella

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Wella's Innovation Score is 35.1/100 (top 50% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

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 11.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Wella vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 22.922.92323.1 510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent VusionGroup GmbH - 23, 13.78VusiongroupWashtech Holding GmbH - 23, 15.17Washtech HoldingWavetamer LLC - 23, 15.7WavetamerWebasto Charging Systems, Inc. - 23, 17Webasto Charging…Wiab Water Innovation AB - 23, 15.61Wiab Water Innova…WLC Enterprises, Inc. - 23, 9.3WLC EnterprisesWRH Walter Reist Holding AG - 23, 19.74WRH Walter Reist…Warner Electric Technology LLC - 23, 18.83Warner Electric T…Wella Operations US, LLC - 23, 11Wella Operations…
Wella vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Wella's grants concentrate

Wella Operations US, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 87% of grants classified under A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (9 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2022. By volume, Wella sits between VusionGroup GmbH and Warner Electric Technology LLC.

Wella's three-year grant acceleration

Wella Operations US, LLC shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Who files at Wella's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Wella holds 23 patents at rank #13,245, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Wella

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,245 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)

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

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

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Wella Operations US, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2021 9 39.1%
2022 4 17.4%
2023 4 17.4%
2024 4 17.4%
2025partial year 2 8.7%

Which technologies does Wella Operations US, LLC patent most?

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Wella Operations US, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Wella Operations US, LLC's lead technology class is A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations), 87% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61Q
  • Ranked #13,253 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Wella Operations US, LLC against VusionGroup GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 35.1/100 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

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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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.