Where does Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG ranks #6,411 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 Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG hold?

Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG holds 53 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG's Innovation Score?

Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG has an Innovation Score of 27.4 out of 100 (24th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG focus on?

Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG's top technology area is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages) with 4 patents, ranking #263 of 793 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG's patents?

Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG's patents average 2.1 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 Zwilling J.A. Henckels 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

Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 53 granted patents across 4 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: A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zwilling ranks #6,411 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 53 patents across 4 technology areas.

#6,411
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.4/100): 2.1
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6411 · Foreign Corporation #6,411 · 53 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 53 grants
UPPER-Q #6,411/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH b box for kids…
CPC-NARROW A47J · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: b.box for kids developments Pty Ltd (±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 Zwilling’s 27.4 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 13.8 pts (50%) Velocity 5.3 pts (19%) Breadth 7.1 pts (26%) Claim depth 1.3 pts (5%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arper S P A · near

27
Endoevolution · near

27
Auxora (Shenzhen) · near

27
Kverneland A/S · near

27
Zwilling J A Henckels · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zwilling's Innovation Score is 27.4/100 (24th 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 Zwilling?

Each dot is one of Zwilling’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). Zwilling’s own 2.1 claims/patent is at or below the 12.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Zwilling's grants concentrate

Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 7.5% of grants classified under A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Zwilling sits between Virtuozzo International GmbH and iRhythm Technologies, Inc..

Zwilling's three-year grant acceleration

Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Virtuozzo Interna…

53
Weichai Power

53
Yuan ZE University

53
Zhejiang Shenghui…

53
Zoho Private

53
Zuora

53
b box for kids de…

53
irhythm

53
Zwilling J A Henc… ◀

53

What this shows Zwilling holds 53 patents at rank #6,407, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zwilling

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,407 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47J (Kitchen Equipment)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Zwilling, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47J (Kitchen Equipment), Zwilling ranks #263 of 793 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (27 here).

Kverneland A/S 27 Auxora (Shenzhen) Inc. 27 Endoevolution, LLC 27 Arper S.P.A. 27

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (2.1 here).

Shenzhen Eigate Technology Co., Ltd. 2.1 avg Babyliss Faco SRL 2.1 avg Saucony, Inc. 2.1 avg Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. 2.1 avg

Zwilling's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 24th percentile higher than 24% 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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Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	28.3%
2016	4	7.5%
2017	3	5.7%
2018	1	1.9%
2019	2	3.8%
2020	6	11.3%
2021	7	13.2%
2022	3	5.7%
2023	5	9.4%
2024	4	7.5%
2025partial year	3	5.7%

Which technologies does Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG patent most?

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 4

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG's lead technology class is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages), 7.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47J
Ranked #6,411 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG against Virtuozzo International GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.4/100 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.

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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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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