Where does Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH ranks #44,071 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 & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH hold?

Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH's Innovation Score?

Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH has an Innovation Score of 23.1 out of 100 (12th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH's recent grant velocity is +400% 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 & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH's patents?

Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH's patents average 10.0 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

Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH focus on?

Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH's top technology area is A21C (Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough) with 6 patents, ranking #16 of 90 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH 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 - 6 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: A21C (Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Werner ranks #44,071 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 4 technology areas.

#44,071
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.1/100): 10.0
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44071 · Foreign Corporation #44,071 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #44,071/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wellstat ImmunoThera…
CPC-NARROW A21C · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wellstat ImmunoTherapeutics, 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.

How Werner’s 23.1 Innovation Score adds up

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

Volume 6.7 pts (29%) Velocity 3.3 pts (14%) Breadth 7.1 pts (31%) Claim depth 6.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Werner & Pfleiderer… · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Werner's Innovation Score is 23.1/100 (12th 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 Werner?

Each dot is one of Werner’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). Werner’s own 10.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Werner's grants concentrate

Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A21C (Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Werner sits between Wellstat ImmunoTherapeutics, LLC and West Notifications, Inc..

Werner's three-year grant acceleration

Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Wellstat Immunoth…

6
Wellstat Therapeu…

6
Welltec Manufactu…

6
Wenhou University

6
West Coast Trends

6
West Drilling Pro…

6
West Liberty Foods

6
West Notifications

6
Werner & Pfleider… ◀

6

What this shows Werner holds 6 patents at rank #44,062, 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 #44,062 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A21C (Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing Doughs)

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

Werner's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2021	2	33.3%
2022	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH patent most?

A21C - Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough 6

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH's lead technology class is A21C (Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A21C
Ranked #44,071 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH against Wellstat ImmunoTherapeutics, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.1/100 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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