Where does Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC ranks #30,609 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 Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC hold?

Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC's Innovation Score?

Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC has an Innovation Score of 37.9 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC's recent grant velocity is +25% 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 Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC's patents?

Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC's patents average 21.1 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 Whitmore Manufacturing, 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

Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC focus on?

Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC's top technology area is C10M (Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition) with 7 patents, ranking #55 of 300 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: C10M (Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Whitmore ranks #30,609 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 12 technology areas.

#30,609
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (37.9/100): 21.1
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30609 · US Corporation #30,609 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,609/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wella Germany
CPC-FOCUS C10M · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wella Germany GmBH (±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 Whitmore’s 37.9 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 (21%) Velocity 5.0 pts (13%) Breadth 12.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 12.7 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Whitmore Manufacturing · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Whitmore's Innovation Score is 37.9/100 (top 42% 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 Whitmore?

Each dot is one of Whitmore’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). Whitmore’s own 21.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Whitmore's grants concentrate

Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under C10M (Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Whitmore sits between Wella Germany GmBH and Wonderhealth, LLC.

Whitmore's three-year grant acceleration

Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC shows 3 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.

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Whole Bath

9
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9
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9
Wonderhealth

9
Whitmore Manufact… ◀

9

What this shows Whitmore holds 9 patents at rank #30,585, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Whitmore

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,585 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C10M (Lubricating Compositions)

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

Whitmore's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	11.1%
2017	1	11.1%
2019	2	22.2%
2020	1	11.1%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	2	22.2%
2023	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC patent most?

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 7

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 7

B61K - Auxiliary Equipment Specially Adapted FOR Railways, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

F16N - Lubricating 1

F03D - Wind Motors 1

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 1

B01D - Separation 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC's lead technology class is C10M (Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C10M
Ranked #30,609 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC against Wella Germany GmBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.9/100 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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