Where does Willert Home Products, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Willert Home Products, Inc. ranks #38,321 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 Willert Home Products, Inc. hold?

Willert Home Products, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Willert Home Products, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Willert Home Products, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.2 out of 100 (17th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Willert Home Products, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Willert Home Products, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Willert Home Products, Inc.'s patents?

Willert Home Products, Inc.'s patents average 16.9 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 Willert Home Products, Inc. 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

Willert Home Products, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Willert Home Products, Inc. focus on?

Willert Home Products, Inc.'s top technology area is A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants) with 3 patents, ranking #100 of 292 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Willert ranks #38,321 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 5 technology areas.

#38,321
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.2/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38321 · US Corporation #38,321 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #38,321/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Whisker Labs
CPC-NARROW A01M · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Whisker Labs, 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 Willert’s 25.2 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 7.2 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (31%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (40%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Willert Home Products · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Willert's Innovation Score is 25.2/100 (17th 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 Willert?

Each dot is one of Willert’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). Willert’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Willert's grants concentrate

Willert Home Products, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Willert sits between Whisker Labs, Inc. and Winbound Electronics Corp..

Whisker Labs

7
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7
Wiivv Wearables

7
Wilian Holding

7
Willoughby Indust…

7
Wilsa Holdings

7
Wilson OVS Acquis…

7
Winbound

7
Willert Home Prod… ◀

7

What this shows Willert holds 7 patents at rank #38,312, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Willert

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,312 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01M (Catching)

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

Willert's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

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

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Willert Home Products, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2018	2	28.6%
2019	2	28.6%
2020	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Willert Home Products, Inc. patent most?

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 3

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 2

B01D - Separation 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

E03D - Water-closets OR Urinals With Flushing DEVICES; Flushing Valves Therefor 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Willert Home Products, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Willert Home Products, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01M
Ranked #38,321 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Willert Home Products, Inc. against Whisker Labs, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.2/100 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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