Where does Westfalia-Automotive GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Westfalia-Automotive GMBH ranks #13,254 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 Westfalia-Automotive GMBH hold?

Westfalia-Automotive GMBH holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Westfalia-Automotive GMBH's Innovation Score?

Westfalia-Automotive GMBH has an Innovation Score of 52.5 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Westfalia-Automotive GMBH focus on?

Westfalia-Automotive GMBH's top technology area is B60D (Vehicle Connections) with 21 patents, ranking #3 of 188 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Westfalia-Automotive GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Westfalia-Automotive GMBH's recent grant velocity is +260% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Westfalia-Automotive GMBH's patents?

Westfalia-Automotive GMBH's patents average 27.6 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 Westfalia-Automotive 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Westfalia-Automotive GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B60D (Vehicle Connections).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Westfalia-automotive ranks #13,254 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 14 technology areas.

#13,254
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.5/100): 27.6
avg claims per patent: +260%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13254 · Foreign Corporation #13,254 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #13,254/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Warner Electric…
CPC-FOCUS B60D · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +260% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Warner Electric Technology 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 Westfalia-automotive’s 52.5 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 11.0 pts (21%) Velocity 13.3 pts (25%) Breadth 13.2 pts (25%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Westfalia-Automotive · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Westfalia-automotive's Innovation Score is 52.5/100 (top 10% 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 Westfalia-automotive?

Each dot is one of Westfalia-automotive’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). Westfalia-automotive’s own 27.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Westfalia-automotive's grants concentrate

Westfalia-Automotive GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 91.3% of grants classified under B60D (Vehicle Connections). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Westfalia-automotive sits between WLC Enterprises, Inc. and Xiangtan University.

Westfalia-automotive's three-year grant acceleration

Westfalia-Automotive GMBH shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

WLC Enterprises

23
WRH Walter Reist…

23
Warner Electric T…

23
Weifang Goertek M…

23
Wilmar

23
Wilsonart

23
Wolfram Research

23
Xiangtan Universi…

23
Westfalia-automot… ◀

23

What this shows Westfalia-Automotive holds 23 patents at rank #13,251, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Westfalia-Automotive

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,251 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60D (Vehicle Connections)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Westfalia-Automotive's primary technology class.

Westfalia-automotive's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Westfalia-Automotive GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	8.7%
2019	3	13.0%
2020	1	4.3%
2021	3	13.0%
2022	7	30.4%
2023	2	8.7%
2024	5	21.7%

Which technologies does Westfalia-Automotive GMBH patent most?

B60D - Vehicle Connections 21

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 6

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Westfalia-Automotive GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Westfalia-Automotive GMBH's lead technology class is B60D (Vehicle Connections), 91.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60D
Ranked #13,254 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Westfalia-Automotive GMBH against WLC Enterprises, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.5/100 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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