Where does Weyerhaeuser NR Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Weyerhaeuser NR Company ranks #6,728 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 Weyerhaeuser NR Company hold?

Weyerhaeuser NR Company holds 50 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 53 technology areas.

What is Weyerhaeuser NR Company's Innovation Score?

Weyerhaeuser NR Company has an Innovation Score of 50.8 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Weyerhaeuser NR Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Weyerhaeuser NR Company's recent grant velocity is -96% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Weyerhaeuser NR Company's patents?

Weyerhaeuser NR Company's patents average 14.7 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 Weyerhaeuser NR Company 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

Weyerhaeuser NR Company

Q: What technology areas does Weyerhaeuser NR Company focus on?

Weyerhaeuser NR Company's top technology area is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques) with 12 patents, ranking #60 of 285 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 53 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 50 granted patents across 53 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: A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Weyerhaeuser ranks #6,728 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 50 patents across 53 technology areas.

#6,728
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (50.8/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -96%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6728 · US Corporation #6,728 · 50 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 50 grants
UPPER-Q #6,728/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH inMusic Brands
CPC-WIDE A01H · 53 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -96% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: inMusic Brands, Inc. (±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 Weyerhaeuser’s 50.8 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 13.6 pts (27%) Velocity 3.3 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (49%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Evonik Röhm · near

51
O&M Halyard · near

51
Safe Foods · near

51
Unitika · near

51
Weyerhaeuser NR · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Weyerhaeuser's Innovation Score is 50.8/100 (top 12% 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 Weyerhaeuser?

Each dot is one of Weyerhaeuser’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). Weyerhaeuser’s own 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Weyerhaeuser's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Weyerhaeuser NR Company received 2 grants versus 48 in 2015–2019 (-96% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 22 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 1. Lead class A01H accounts for 24% of the portfolio across 53 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Valmet Technologies, Inc. (#6,722) and vArmour Networks, Inc. (#6,730).

Weyerhaeuser's three-year grant acceleration

Weyerhaeuser NR Company shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Valmet

50
W C Bradley

50
Withings

50
Wenzhou University

50
Wichita State Uni…

50
inmusic Brands

50
medmix Switzerland

50
varmour Networks

50
Weyerhaeuser NR ◀

50

What this shows Weyerhaeuser holds 50 patents at rank #6,726, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Weyerhaeuser

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,726 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01H (NEW Plants OR)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Weyerhaeuser, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01H (NEW Plants OR), Weyerhaeuser ranks #60 of 285 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Unitika Ltd. 51 Safe Foods Corporation 51 O&M Halyard, Inc. 51 Evonik Röhm GmbH 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.7 here).

Ultradent Products, Inc. 14.7 avg Sensors Incorporated 14.7 avg SIG Sauer Inc. 14.7 avg THE Toro Company 14.7 avg

Weyerhaeuser's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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Weyerhaeuser NR Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	22	44.0%
2016	16	32.0%
2017	9	18.0%
2019	1	2.0%
2021	1	2.0%
2024	1	2.0%

Which technologies does Weyerhaeuser NR Company patent most?

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 12

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 7

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 7

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 5

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 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

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 3

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 3

B27N - Manufacture BY DRY Processes OF Articles, With OR Without Organic Binding Agents, Made From Particles OR Fibres Consisting OF Wood OR Other Lignocellulosic OR Like Organic Material 3

Top 15 of 53 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

Weyerhaeuser NR Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Weyerhaeuser NR Company's lead technology class is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques), 24% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01H
Ranked #6,728 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Weyerhaeuser NR Company against Valmet Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.8/100 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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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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