Where does Werner Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Werner Co. ranks #2,906 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 Werner Co. hold?

Werner Co. holds 132 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is Werner Co.'s Innovation Score?

Werner Co. has an Innovation Score of 47.6 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 Werner Co. focus on?

Werner Co.'s top technology area is E06C (Ladders) with 59 patents. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

Is Werner Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Werner Co.'s recent grant velocity is +72% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Werner Co.'s patents?

Werner Co.'s patents average 7.8 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 Werner Co. 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

Werner Co.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 132 granted patents across 36 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: E06C (Ladders).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Werner ranks #2,906 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 132 patents across 36 technology areas.

#2,906
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.6/100): 7.8
avg claims per patent: +72%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2906 · US Corporation #2,906 · 132 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 132 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,906/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Regalo International
CPC-FOCUS E06C · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +72% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Regalo International, LLC (±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
Clexio Biosciences · near

48
Magnecomp · near

48
National University… · near

48
Otsuka Chemical · near

48
Werner · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Werner's Innovation Score is 47.6/100 (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.

Where Werner's grants concentrate

Werner Co. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 44.7% of grants classified under E06C (Ladders). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (24 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2016. By volume, Werner sits between Regalo International, LLC and Broan-NuTone LLC.

Werner's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Werner Co. moved from 53 to 38 grants (0.72x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,097. See the growth leaderboard.

Regalo Internatio…

132
Space Exploration

132
Translate BIO

132
Trinity Bay Equip…

132
Westrock Packagin…

132
Werner ◀

132
Ashley Furniture…

131
Brandeis Universi…

131
Broan-nutone

131

What this shows Werner holds 132 patents at rank #2,906, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Werner

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,906 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E06C (Ladders)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Werner, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Magnecomp Corporation 48 Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd. 48 National University Corporation Saitama University 48 Clexio Biosciences Ltd. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.8 here).

Bauerfeind AG 7.8 avg Water Pik, Inc. 7.8 avg Energizer Brands, LLC 7.9 avg Mitsuba Corporation 7.8 avg

Werner'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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Werner Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	4.5%
2016	4	3.0%
2017	9	6.8%
2018	7	5.3%
2019	17	12.9%
2020	24	18.2%
2021	12	9.1%
2022	11	8.3%
2023	11	8.3%
2024	16	12.1%
2025partial year	15	11.4%

Which technologies does Werner Co. patent most?

E06C - Ladders 59

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 18

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 14

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 10

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 9

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 5

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 5

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 4

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

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 3

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 3

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 3

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 3

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 3

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 3

Top 15 of 36 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,906

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

47.6 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

Werner Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Werner Co.'s lead technology class is E06C (Ladders), 44.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E06C
Ranked #2,906 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Werner Co. against Regalo International, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.6/100 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

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.