Where does Wells Enterprises, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wells Enterprises, Inc. ranks #23,662 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 Wells Enterprises, Inc. hold?

Wells Enterprises, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Wells Enterprises, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Wells Enterprises, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 22.4 out of 100 (10th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Wells Enterprises, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wells Enterprises, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +20% 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 Wells Enterprises, Inc.'s patents?

Wells Enterprises, Inc.'s patents average 6.8 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 Wells Enterprises, 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

Wells Enterprises, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Wells Enterprises, Inc. focus on?

Wells Enterprises, Inc.'s top technology area is A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof) with 4 patents, ranking #73 of 237 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wells ranks #23,662 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 3 technology areas.

#23,662
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.4/100): 6.8
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23662 · US Corporation #23,662 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,662/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Washington Universit…
CPC-NARROW A23G · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Washington University in St. Louis (±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 Wells’s 22.4 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 8.9 pts (40%) Velocity 3.3 pts (15%) Breadth 6.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 4.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Wells Enterprises · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wells's Innovation Score is 22.4/100 (10th 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 Wells?

Each dot is one of Wells’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). Wells’s own 6.8 claims/patent is at or below the 9.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Wells's grants concentrate

Wells Enterprises, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Wells sits between Wuhan Textile University and WiBotic Inc..

Wells's three-year grant acceleration

Wells Enterprises, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Wuhan Textile Uni…

12
Wuyi Instinct Out…

12
Washington Univer…

12
Water Tech

12
Wenzhou Guolong S…

12
Whisper Aero

12
Whiteside Mfg

12
Wibotic

12
Wells Enterprises ◀

12

What this shows Wells holds 12 patents at rank #23,664, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wells

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,664 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23G (Cocoa)

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

Wells's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Wells Enterprises, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	3	25.0%
2020	3	25.0%
2022	1	8.3%
2023	2	16.7%
2025partial year	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Wells Enterprises, Inc. patent most?

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 4

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Wells Enterprises, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wells Enterprises, Inc.'s lead technology class is A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23G
Ranked #23,662 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wells Enterprises, Inc. against Wuhan Textile University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.4/100 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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