Where does WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH ranks #38,360 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 WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH hold?

WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH's Innovation Score?

WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH's patents?

WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH's patents average 11.9 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 WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK 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

WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH

Q: What technology areas does WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH focus on?

WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH's top technology area is F23C (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR) with 5 patents, ranking #35 of 178 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 12 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: F23C (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ws-wärmeprozesstechnik ranks #38,360 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 12 technology areas.

#38,360
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 11.9
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38360 · Foreign Corporation #38,360 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #38,360/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wainamics
CPC-FOCUS F23C · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wainamics, 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 Ws-wärmeprozesstechnik’s 28.8 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 (25%) Velocity 2.2 pts (8%) Breadth 12.2 pts (43%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Ws-wärmeprozesstechnik's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (28th percentile 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 Ws-wärmeprozesstechnik?

Each dot is one of Ws-wärmeprozesstechnik’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). Ws-wärmeprozesstechnik’s own 11.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ws-wärmeprozesstechnik's grants concentrate

WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under F23C (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Ws-wärmeprozesstechnik sits between World Award Academy, World Award Foundation, Amobilepay, Inc. and Wainamics, Inc..

Ws-wärmeprozesstechnik's three-year grant acceleration

WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

World Award Acade…

7
Worldwide Oilfiel…

7
WPT

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WRT LAB

7
Wuhan Zjzk Techno…

7
Wuxi Biologics (S…

7
Wuxi Vision Peak…

7
Wainamics

7
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7

What this shows WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK holds 7 patents at rank #38,282, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,282 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F23C (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR S…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK's primary technology class.

Ws-wärmeprozesstechnik's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% 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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WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2020	2	28.6%
2021	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH patent most?

F23C - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR 5

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

F23L - Supplying AIR OR Non-combustible Liquids OR Gases TO Combustion Apparatus IN General ; Valves OR Dampers Specially Adapted FOR Controlling AIR Supply OR Draught IN Combustion Apparatus ; Inducing Draught IN Combustion APPARATUS; Tops FOR Chimneys OR Ventilating SHAFTS; Terminals FOR Flues 2

F23N - Regulating OR Controlling Combustion 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 1

F23D - Burners 1

C10J - Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases 1

C10K - Purifying OR Modifying THE Chemical Composition OF Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide 1

F23K - Feeding Fuel TO Combustion Apparatus 1

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 1

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 1

Top 12 of 12 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

WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH's lead technology class is F23C (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F23C
Ranked #38,360 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare WS-WÄRMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH against World Award Academy, World Award Foundation, Amobilepay, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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

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