Where does Windfin B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Windfin B.V. ranks #20,628 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 Windfin B.V. hold?

Windfin B.V. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Windfin B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Windfin B.V. has an Innovation Score of 36.5 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Windfin B.V. focus on?

Windfin B.V.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 13 patents, ranking #1,009 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Windfin B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Windfin B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -92% 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 Windfin B.V.'s patents?

Windfin B.V.'s patents average 20.9 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 Windfin B.V. 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

Windfin B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Windfin ranks #20,628 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 17 technology areas.

#20,628
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 20.9
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20628 · Foreign Corporation #20,628 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,628/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Water Gremlin
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Water Gremlin Company (±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 Windfin’s 36.5 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 9.4 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.6 pts (40%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Windfin B V · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Windfin's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (top 46% 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 Windfin?

Each dot is one of Windfin’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). Windfin’s own 20.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Windfin's grants concentrate

Windfin B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 92.9% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Windfin sits between Weber-hydraulik GMBH and Water Gremlin Company.

Weber-hydraulik

14
Weiss Technik

14
West Coast Chain…

14
Will Semiconducto…

14
Wing Acoustics

14
Woco Industrietec…

14
Wuxi Kaishun Medi…

14
Water Gremlin

14
Windfin B V ◀

14

What this shows Windfin holds 14 patents at rank #20,617, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Windfin

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,617 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Windfin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Windfin B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	14.3%
2016	2	14.3%
2017	3	21.4%
2018	2	14.3%
2019	4	28.6%
2020	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Windfin B.V. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 13

F03D - Wind Motors 12

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 8

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 7

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

B60M - Power Supply Lines, AND Devices Along Rails, FOR Electrically- Propelled Vehicles 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Windfin B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Windfin B.V.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 92.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #20,628 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Windfin B.V. against Weber-hydraulik GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 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

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