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William Prym GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: D04B (Knitting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, William ranks #25,548 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 4 technology areas.

#25,548
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
11th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.0/100)
6.6
avg claims per patent
-20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25548 · Foreign Corporation #25,548 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
  • MID-PACK #25,548/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Western Washington…
  • CPC-NARROW D04B · 4 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 23.0/100
  • CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.6 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-DOWN -20% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Western Washington University (±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 William’s 23.0 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around William

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows William's Innovation Score is 23.0/100 (11th 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for William?

Each dot is one of William’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). William’s own 6.6 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

William vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 10.910.91111.1 0510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Western Washington University - 11, 17.36Western Washingto…Westinghouse Electric Germany GmbH - 11, 13.18Westinghouse Elec…Wevo, Inc - 11, 19.73WevoWhite Eagle Sonic Technologies, Inc. - 11, 22White Eagle SonicWisconsin Film & Bag, Inc. - 11, 20.45Wisconsin Film &…Wolong Electric Group Co. Ltd. - 11, 17.82Wolong Electric G…Wolverine World Wide, Inc. - 11, 3.18Wolverine World W…Wonkwang University Center For Industry-Academy Cooperation - 11, 13.27Wonkwang Universi…William Prym GmbH & Co. KG - 11, 6.64William Prym & KG
William vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where William's grants concentrate

William Prym GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 18.2% of grants classified under D04B (Knitting). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, William sits between Western Washington University and Wonkwang University Center For Industry-Academy Cooperation.

William's three-year grant acceleration

William Prym GmbH & Co. KG shows 2 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.

Who files at William's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows William holds 11 patents at rank #25,540, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near William

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,540 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D04B (Knitting)

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

William's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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William Prym GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2018 3 27.3%
2019 2 18.2%
2020 1 9.1%
2021 1 9.1%
2022 2 18.2%
2025partial year 2 18.2%

Which technologies does William Prym GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

William Prym GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • William Prym GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is D04B (Knitting), 18.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D04B
  • Ranked #25,548 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare William Prym GmbH & Co. KG against Western Washington University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 23.0/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.