Where does Wholeknit International Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wholeknit International Co., Ltd. ranks #25,547 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 Wholeknit International Co., Ltd. hold?

Wholeknit International Co., Ltd. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2023, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Wholeknit International Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Wholeknit International Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 29.7 out of 100 (32nd 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 Wholeknit International Co., Ltd. focus on?

Wholeknit International Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is D04B (Knitting) with 8 patents, ranking #23 of 192 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wholeknit International Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wholeknit International Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +350% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Wholeknit International Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Wholeknit International Co., Ltd.'s patents average 10.2 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 Wholeknit International Co., Ltd. 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

Wholeknit International Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2023. 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: D04B (Knitting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wholeknit ranks #25,547 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 10 technology areas.

#25,547
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.7/100): 10.2
avg claims per patent: +350%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25547 · Foreign Corporation #25,547 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,547/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Weihai Hualing Opto-
CPC-FOCUS D04B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +350% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Weihai Hualing Opto-electronics Co., Ltd. (±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 Wholeknit’s 29.7 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 8.6 pts (29%) Velocity 3.8 pts (13%) Breadth 11.2 pts (38%) Claim depth 6.1 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Wholeknit's Innovation Score is 29.7/100 (32nd 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 Wholeknit?

Each dot is one of Wholeknit’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). Wholeknit’s own 10.2 claims/patent is at or below the 12.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Wholeknit's grants concentrate

Wholeknit International Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under D04B (Knitting). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Wholeknit sits between Weihai Hualing Opto-electronics Co., Ltd. and Wolff Industries, Inc..

Wholeknit's three-year grant acceleration

Wholeknit International Co., Ltd. shows 4 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.

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Whoborn

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Wilton Industries

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Wolff Industries

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What this shows Wholeknit holds 11 patents at rank #25,519, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wholeknit

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,519 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D04B (Knitting)

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

Wholeknit's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2023

Grants by year

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

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Wholeknit International Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	18.2%
2020	2	18.2%
2021	3	27.3%
2022	2	18.2%
2023	2	18.2%

Which technologies does Wholeknit International Co., Ltd. patent most?

D04B - Knitting 8

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 7

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 7

A43D - Machines, Tools, Equipment OR Methods FOR Manufacturing OR Repairing Footwear 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

D06H - Marking, Inspecting, Seaming OR Severing Textile Materials 1

A41H - Appliances OR Methods FOR Making Clothes, e.g. FOR Dress-making OR FOR Tailoring, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Wholeknit International Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wholeknit International Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is D04B (Knitting), 72.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D04B
Ranked #25,547 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wholeknit International Co., Ltd. against Weihai Hualing Opto-electronics Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.7/100 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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