Where does Wirtgen GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wirtgen GmbH ranks #1,246 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 Wirtgen GmbH hold?

Wirtgen GmbH holds 340 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 65 technology areas.

What is Wirtgen GmbH's Innovation Score?

Wirtgen GmbH has an Innovation Score of 62.0 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Wirtgen GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wirtgen GmbH's recent grant velocity is -27% 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 Wirtgen GmbH's patents?

Wirtgen GmbH's patents average 20.4 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 Wirtgen 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Wirtgen GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Wirtgen GmbH focus on?

Wirtgen GmbH's top technology area is E01C (Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair) with 304 patents, ranking #2 of 311 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 65 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 340 granted patents across 65 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: E01C (Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wirtgen ranks #1,246 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 340 patents across 65 technology areas.

#1,246
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (62.0/100): 20.4
avg claims per patent: -27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1246 · Foreign Corporation #1,246 · 340 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 340 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,246/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Parallel Wireless
CPC-WIDE E01C · 65 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Parallel Wireless, 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 Wirtgen’s 62.0 Innovation Score adds up

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

Volume 20.1 pts (32%) Velocity 4.6 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cameron International · near

62
Fisher Controls… · near

62
Illumina Cambridge · near

62
Medos International… · near

62
Wirtgen · this assignee

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wirtgen's Innovation Score is 62.0/100 (top 3% 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 Wirtgen?

Each dot is one of Wirtgen’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). Wirtgen’s own 20.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Wirtgen's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Wirtgen GmbH received 137 grants versus 187 in 2015–2019 (-27% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 44 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 13. Lead class E01C accounts for 89.4% of the portfolio across 65 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Cargill, Incorporated (#1,242) and Tektronix, Inc. (#1,250).

Wirtgen's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Wirtgen GmbH moved from 107 to 74 grants (0.69x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,179. See the growth leaderboard.

Cargill Incorpora…

341
Exxon Mobil Techn…

341
Parallel Wireless

340
Sonova

340
Wirtgen ◀

340
HP Indigo B V

339
Smith & Nephew

339
Toyo Tire & Rubber

339
Tektronix

339

What this shows Wirtgen holds 340 patents at rank #1,246, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wirtgen

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,246 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E01C (Construction OF)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Wirtgen, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E01C (Construction OF), Wirtgen ranks #2 of 311 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Fisher Controls International LLC 62 Illumina Cambridge Limited 62 Medos International Sarl 62 Cameron International Corporation 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.4 here).

Cloudflare, Inc. 20.4 avg Seno Medical Instruments, Inc. 20.4 avg Upwing Energy, Inc. 20.4 avg Architecture Technology Corporation 20.4 avg

Wirtgen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

Wirtgen GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	44	12.9%
2016	30	8.8%
2017	39	11.5%
2018	30	8.8%
2019	44	12.9%
2020	32	9.4%
2021	31	9.1%
2022	38	11.2%
2023	23	6.8%
2024	13	3.8%
2025partial year	16	4.7%

Which technologies does Wirtgen GmbH patent most?

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 304

E21C - Mining OR Quarrying 94

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 43

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 37

B28D - Working Stone OR Stone-like Materials 34

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 33

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 32

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 24

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 17

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 14

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 13

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 11

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 11

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 10

F16H - Gearing 10

Top 15 of 65 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Wirtgen GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wirtgen GmbH's lead technology class is E01C (Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair), 89.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E01C
Ranked #1,246 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wirtgen GmbH against Cargill, Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.0/100 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

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.