Where does WFK & Associates, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), WFK & Associates, LLC ranks #30,605 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 WFK & Associates, LLC hold?

WFK & Associates, LLC holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is WFK & Associates, LLC's Innovation Score?

WFK & Associates, LLC has an Innovation Score of 29.5 out of 100 (31st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is WFK & Associates, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

WFK & Associates, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 WFK & Associates, LLC's patents?

WFK & Associates, LLC's patents average 13.1 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 WFK & Associates, LLC 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

WFK & Associates, LLC

Q: What technology areas does WFK & Associates, LLC focus on?

WFK & Associates, LLC's top technology area is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals) with 5 patents, ranking #215 of 1,035 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, WFK ranks #30,605 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 15 technology areas.

#30,605
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.5/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30605 · US Corporation #30,605 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,605/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Werma Holding + KG
CPC-FOCUS A01K · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Werma Holding GmbH + Co. KG (±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 WFK’s 29.5 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 8.0 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (46%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
WFK & Associates · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows WFK's Innovation Score is 29.5/100 (31st 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 WFK?

Each dot is one of WFK’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). WFK’s own 13.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where WFK's grants concentrate

WFK & Associates, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, WFK sits between Werma Holding GmbH + Co. KG and Wild Guard Ltd..

Werma Holding + KG

9
West & Bergh Hold…

9
Westport Fuel Sys…

9
Westrock Container

9
Whatfix Private

9
Whitesource

9
Wigen Boimedicine…

9
Wild Guard

9
WFK & Associates ◀

9

What this shows WFK holds 9 patents at rank #30,566, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near WFK

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,566 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01K (Animal Husbandry)

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

WFK's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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WFK & Associates, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	77.8%
2016	1	11.1%
2017	1	11.1%

Which technologies does WFK & Associates, LLC patent most?

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 5

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

E01B - Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds 3

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 2

B60F - Vehicles FOR USE Both ON Rail AND ON ROAD; Amphibious OR Like VEHICLES; Convertible Vehicles 2

B61F - Rail Vehicle Suspensions, e.g. Underframes, Bogies OR Arrangements OF Wheel AXLES; Rail Vehicles FOR USE ON Tracks OF Different WIDTH; Preventing Derailing OF Rail VEHICLES; Wheel Guards, Obstruction Removers OR THE Like FOR Rail Vehicles 2

B61C - LOCOMOTIVES; Motor Railcars 2

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 1

A46D - Manufacture OF Brushes 1

A46B - Brushes 1

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

Top 15 of 15 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

WFK & Associates, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

WFK & Associates, LLC's lead technology class is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01K
Ranked #30,605 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare WFK & Associates, LLC against Werma Holding GmbH + Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.5/100 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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