Where does Wolfe Electric, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wolfe Electric, Inc. ranks #38,342 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 Wolfe Electric, Inc. hold?

Wolfe Electric, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Wolfe Electric, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Wolfe Electric, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.2 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Wolfe Electric, Inc. focus on?

Wolfe Electric, Inc.'s top technology area is A21B (Bakers' OVENS; Machines OR Equipment FOR Baking) with 4 patents, ranking #19 of 84 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wolfe Electric, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Wolfe Electric, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Wolfe Electric, Inc.'s patents?

Wolfe Electric, Inc.'s patents average 9.0 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 Wolfe Electric, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Wolfe Electric, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2024. 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: A21B (Bakers' OVENS; Machines OR Equipment FOR Baking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wolfe ranks #38,342 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 5 technology areas.

#38,342
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.2/100): 9.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38342 · US Corporation #38,342 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #38,342/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wittenstein
CPC-NARROW A21B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2024 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wittenstein AG (±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 Wolfe’s 37.2 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 7.2 pts (19%) Velocity 16.7 pts (45%) Breadth 7.9 pts (21%) Claim depth 5.4 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Wolfe Electric · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wolfe's Innovation Score is 37.2/100 (top 44% 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 Wolfe?

Each dot is one of Wolfe’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). Wolfe’s own 9.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Wolfe's grants concentrate

Wolfe Electric, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under A21B (Bakers' OVENS; Machines OR Equipment FOR Baking). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Wolfe sits between Wittenstein AG and Woolpert, Inc..

Wolfe's three-year grant acceleration

Wolfe Electric, Inc. shows 5 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.

Wittenstein

7
Wittmann Kunststo…

7
Wittmann Technolo…

7
Wizrocket

7
Wonderful Orchards

7
Woodland Mills

7
Woofy

7
Woolpert

7
Wolfe Electric ◀

7

What this shows Wolfe holds 7 patents at rank #38,325, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wolfe

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,325 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A21B (Bakers' Ovens)

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

Wolfe's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Wolfe Electric, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	28.6%
2022	3	42.9%
2023	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Wolfe Electric, Inc. patent most?

A21B - Bakers' OVENS; Machines OR Equipment FOR Baking 4

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

A21C - Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Wolfe Electric, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wolfe Electric, Inc.'s lead technology class is A21B (Bakers' OVENS; Machines OR Equipment FOR Baking), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A21B
Ranked #38,342 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wolfe Electric, Inc. against Wittenstein AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.2/100 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.