Where does Wittenstein SE rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wittenstein SE ranks #6,094 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 Wittenstein SE hold?

Wittenstein SE holds 56 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Wittenstein SE's Innovation Score?

Wittenstein SE has an Innovation Score of 45.4 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Wittenstein SE focus on?

Wittenstein SE's top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 22 patents, ranking #143 of 1,603 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wittenstein SE's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wittenstein SE's recent grant velocity is +30% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Wittenstein SE's patents?

Wittenstein SE's patents average 10.0 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 Wittenstein SE 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

Wittenstein SE

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 56 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: F16H (Gearing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wittenstein ranks #6,094 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 56 patents across 28 technology areas.

#6,094
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.4/100): 10.0
avg claims per patent: +30%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6094 · Foreign Corporation #6,094 · 56 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 56 grants
UPPER-Q #6,094/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vibrant Holdings
CPC-FOCUS F16H · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +30% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vibrant Holdings, 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 Wittenstein’s 45.4 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 14.0 pts (31%) Velocity 6.7 pts (15%) Breadth 18.7 pts (41%) Claim depth 6.0 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Haul Hub · near

45
Rio Tinto Alcan… · near

45
Roehm · near

45
Wittenstein SE · this assignee

45
Tanium · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wittenstein's Innovation Score is 45.4/100 (top 23% 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 Wittenstein?

Each dot is one of Wittenstein’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). Wittenstein’s own 10.0 claims/patent is at or below the 14.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Wittenstein's grants concentrate

Wittenstein SE is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 39.3% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (9 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2019. By volume, Wittenstein sits between Vibrant Holdings, LLC and ZenPayroll, Inc..

Wittenstein's three-year grant acceleration

Wittenstein SE shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Vibrant Holdings

56
Viking Group

56
Vocollect

56
Voestalpine Stahl

56
Yamaguchi Univers…

56
Yamaichi

56
Zhejiang Huahai P…

56
Zenpayroll

56
Wittenstein SE ◀

56

What this shows Wittenstein holds 56 patents at rank #6,092, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wittenstein

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,092 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Wittenstein, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16H (Gearing), Wittenstein ranks #143 of 1,603 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Roehm GmbH 45 Rio Tinto Alcan International Limited 45 Haul Hub Inc. 45 Tanium Inc. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.0 here).

MAG Instrument, Inc 10.0 avg Varcode Ltd. 10.0 avg Nissei Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd. 10.0 avg Piolax, Inc. 10.0 avg

Wittenstein's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Wittenstein SE patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	9	16.1%
2018	8	14.3%
2019	6	10.7%
2020	6	10.7%
2021	6	10.7%
2022	6	10.7%
2023	6	10.7%
2024	6	10.7%
2025partial year	3	5.4%

Which technologies does Wittenstein SE patent most?

F16H - Gearing 22

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 9

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 1

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

Top 15 of 28 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

Wittenstein SE's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wittenstein SE's lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 39.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #6,094 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wittenstein SE against Vibrant Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.4/100 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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