Where does W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH ranks #527 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 W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH hold?

W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH holds 856 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 142 technology areas.

What is W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH's Innovation Score?

W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH has an Innovation Score of 66.3 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH's recent grant velocity is -19% 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 W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH's patents?

W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH's patents average 21.0 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 W.L. Gore & Associates 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

W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH

Q: What technology areas does W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH focus on?

W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH's top technology area is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs) with 420 patents, ranking #11 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 142 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 856 granted patents across 142 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: A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, W.l. ranks #527 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 856 patents across 142 technology areas.

#527
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.3/100): 21.0
avg claims per patent: -19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R527 · Foreign Corporation #527 · 856 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 856 grants
TOP-DECILE #527/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Case Western…
CPC-WIDE A61F · 142 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Case Western Reserve 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 W.l.’s 66.3 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 23.3 pts (35%) Velocity 5.4 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ecole Nationale… · near

66
Fisher & Paykel… · near

66
Guangdong University… · near

66
W L Gore & Associates · this assignee

66
CNH Industrial America · near

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows W.l.'s Innovation Score is 66.3/100 (top 1% 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 W.l.?

Each dot is one of W.l.’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). W.l.’s own 21.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How W.l.'s grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH received 359 grants versus 441 in 2015–2019 (-19% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 104 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 65. Lead class A61F accounts for 49.1% of the portfolio across 142 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Coretronic Corporation (#523) and Open Invention Network LLC NC (#531).

W.l.'s three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH moved from 245 to 200 grants (0.82x 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 #1,783. See the growth leaderboard.

Coretronic

858
Lear

858
Cable Television…

857
Case Western Rese…

856
W L Gore & Associ… ◀

856
Philips Lighting…

855
Microchip Technol…

851
Semiconductor Man…

848
Open Invention Ne…

845

What this shows W.L. holds 856 patents at rank #527, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near WL

By rank, the assignees closest to #527 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for WL, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels), WL ranks #11 of 3,082 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

Guangdong University OF Technology 66 Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited 66 Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier 66 CNH Industrial America LLC 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.0 here).

Securus Technologies, LLC 21.0 avg Trisa Holding AG 21.0 avg Motional AD LLC 21.0 avg Avast Software s.r.o. 21.0 avg

W.l.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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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.

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W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	85	9.9%
2016	91	10.6%
2017	104	12.1%
2018	75	8.8%
2019	86	10.0%
2020	69	8.1%
2021	90	10.5%
2022	69	8.1%
2023	66	7.7%
2024	65	7.6%
2025partial year	56	6.5%

Which technologies does W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH patent most?

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 420

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 192

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 179

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 151

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 146

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 101

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 99

B01D - Separation 83

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 59

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 52

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 47

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 36

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 26

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 25

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 24

Top 15 of 142 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

W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH's lead technology class is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device), 49.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #527 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH against Coretronic Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.3/100 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

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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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