Where does Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH ranks #18,291 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 Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH hold?

Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH's Innovation Score?

Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH has an Innovation Score of 35.7 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH focus on?

Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH's top technology area is G01G (Weighing) with 10 patents, ranking #27 of 427 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH's recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH's patents?

Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH's patents average 15.6 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH

Q: How is the Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH 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 PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: G01G (Weighing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wipotec ranks #18,291 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 14 technology areas.

#18,291
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.7/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18291 · Foreign Corporation #18,291 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,291/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wave Sciences
CPC-FOCUS G01G · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wave Sciences, LLC (±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 Wipotec’s 35.7 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 9.8 pts (27%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 13.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Wipotec Wiege-und… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Wipotec's Innovation Score is 35.7/100 (top 48% 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 Wipotec?

Each dot is one of Wipotec’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). Wipotec’s own 15.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Wipotec's grants concentrate

Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under G01G (Weighing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Wipotec sits between Wave Sciences, LLC and Worthen Industries.

Wipotec's three-year grant acceleration

Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Wave Sciences

16
Wawona Packing

16
Wemovie

16
Wingarc1st

16
Wistaria Trading

16
World Wide Daily…

16
Worldwide Pro

16
Worthen Industries

16
Wipotec Wiege-und… ◀

16

What this shows Wipotec holds 16 patents at rank #18,291, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wipotec

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,291 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01G (Weighing)

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

Wipotec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	18.8%
2016	5	31.3%
2017	1	6.3%
2018	4	25.0%
2019	1	6.3%
2020	1	6.3%
2022	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH patent most?

G01G - Weighing 10

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 3

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 1

B01D - Separation 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 1

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 1

F16H - Gearing 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH's lead technology class is G01G (Weighing), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01G
Ranked #18,291 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH against Wave Sciences, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.7/100 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

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.