Where does Woodwelding AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Woodwelding AG ranks #3,830 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 Woodwelding AG hold?

Woodwelding AG holds 95 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Woodwelding AG's Innovation Score?

Woodwelding AG has an Innovation Score of 49.3 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Woodwelding AG focus on?

Woodwelding AG's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 49 patents, ranking #386 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Woodwelding AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Woodwelding AG's recent grant velocity is -31% 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 Woodwelding AG's patents?

Woodwelding AG's patents average 20.9 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 Woodwelding AG 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

Woodwelding AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 95 granted patents across 22 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Woodwelding ranks #3,830 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 95 patents across 22 technology areas.

#3,830
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.3/100): 20.9
avg claims per patent: -31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3830 · Foreign Corporation #3,830 · 95 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 95 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,830/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ribbon Communication…
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ribbon Communications Operating Company, 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 Woodwelding’s 49.3 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 15.8 pts (32%) Velocity 4.4 pts (9%) Breadth 16.6 pts (34%) Claim depth 12.5 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nissin Electric · near

49
Seereal · near

49
Seoul National… · near

49
Swiss Krono Tec · near

49
Woodwelding · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Woodwelding's Innovation Score is 49.3/100 (top 15% 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 Woodwelding?

Each dot is one of Woodwelding’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). Woodwelding’s own 20.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Woodwelding's grants concentrate

Woodwelding AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 51.6% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (12 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2023. By volume, Woodwelding sits between Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc. and Bertec Corporation.

Woodwelding's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Woodwelding AG moved from 30 to 20 grants (0.67x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Ribbon Communicat…

95
S P C M

95
Shenzhen Skyworth…

95
Sanmina

95
u-blox

95
Woodwelding ◀

95
Arbor Networks

94
Adesto

94
Bertec

94

What this shows Woodwelding holds 95 patents at rank #3,829, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Woodwelding

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,829 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Woodwelding, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Woodwelding ranks #386 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Seereal Technologies S.A. 49 Seoul National University Hospital 49 Swiss Krono Tec AG 49 Nissin Electric Co., Ltd. 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.9 here).

Kymeta Corporation 20.9 avg UiPath, Inc. 20.9 avg Transdermal Biotechnology, Inc. 20.9 avg STMicroelectronics Application GMBH 20.9 avg

Woodwelding's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% 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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Woodwelding AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	12.6%
2016	10	10.5%
2017	11	11.6%
2018	10	10.5%
2019	12	12.6%
2020	10	10.5%
2021	8	8.4%
2022	8	8.4%
2023	3	3.2%
2024	9	9.5%
2025partial year	2	2.1%

Which technologies does Woodwelding AG patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 49

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 49

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 32

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 30

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 27

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 25

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 23

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 6

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 5

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 3

B27D - Working Veneer OR Plywood 3

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 2

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 2

Top 15 of 22 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

Woodwelding AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Woodwelding AG's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 51.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #3,830 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Woodwelding AG against Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.3/100 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

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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