Where does Wheel Group Holdings, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wheel Group Holdings, LLC ranks #3,694 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 Wheel Group Holdings, LLC hold?

Wheel Group Holdings, LLC holds 99 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Wheel Group Holdings, LLC's Innovation Score?

Wheel Group Holdings, LLC has an Innovation Score of 25.8 out of 100 (18th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Wheel Group Holdings, LLC focus on?

Wheel Group Holdings, LLC's top technology area is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes) with 1 patents, ranking #649 of 1,090 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wheel Group Holdings, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wheel Group Holdings, LLC's recent grant velocity is +13% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Wheel Group Holdings, LLC's patents?

Wheel Group Holdings, LLC's patents average 1.1 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 Wheel Group Holdings, 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

Wheel Group Holdings, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 99 granted patents across 2 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: F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wheel ranks #3,694 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 99 patents across 2 technology areas.

#3,694
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 18th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.8/100): 1.1
avg claims per patent: +13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3694 · US Corporation #3,694 · 99 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 99 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,694/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sitronix Technology
CPC-NARROW F16D · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sitronix Technology Corp. (±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 Wheel’s 25.8 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 15.9 pts (62%) Velocity 4.2 pts (16%) Breadth 5.0 pts (19%) Claim depth 0.7 pts (3%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Revogenex Ireland · near

26
Wheel Group Holdings · this assignee

26
Dawning Information… · near

26
Micro Lambda Wireless · near

26
Soane Energy · near

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wheel's Innovation Score is 25.8/100 (18th 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 Wheel?

Each dot is one of Wheel’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). Wheel’s own 1.1 claims/patent is at or below the 12.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Wheel's grants concentrate

Wheel Group Holdings, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 1% of grants classified under F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (20 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2023. By volume, Wheel sits between Sitronix Technology Corp. and CTS Corporation.

Wheel's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Wheel Group Holdings, LLC moved from 35 to 22 grants (0.63x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Sitronix Technolo…

99
Southco

99
TCI

99
Veeva Systems

99
Wheel Group Holdi… ◀

99
Aichi Steel

98
Adient Luxembourg…

98
Biosense Webster

98
CTS

98

What this shows Wheel holds 99 patents at rank #3,694, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wheel

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,694 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting Rotation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Wheel, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting Rotation), Wheel ranks #649 of 1,090 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (26 here).

Revogenex Ireland Ltd 26 Dawning Information Industry (Beijing) Co., Ltd 26 Micro Lambda Wireless, Inc. 26 Soane Energy, LLC 26

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (1.1 here).

Youngo Limited 1.1 avg Ugreen Group Limited 1.1 avg Rothy's, Inc 1.1 avg Birkenstock IP GmbH 1.1 avg

Wheel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 18th percentile higher than 18% 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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Wheel Group Holdings, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	6.1%
2016	16	16.2%
2017	13	13.1%
2018	6	6.1%
2019	5	5.1%
2020	10	10.1%
2021	20	20.2%
2022	13	13.1%
2023	3	3.0%
2024	6	6.1%
2025partial year	1	1.0%

Which technologies does Wheel Group Holdings, LLC patent most?

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

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 1

Top 2 of 2 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

Wheel Group Holdings, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wheel Group Holdings, LLC's lead technology class is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes), 1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16D
Ranked #3,694 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wheel Group Holdings, LLC against Sitronix Technology Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.8/100 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

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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