Where does American Water Works Company, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), American Water Works Company, Inc. ranks #34,216 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 American Water Works Company, Inc. hold?

American Water Works Company, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is American Water Works Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

American Water Works Company, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.4 out of 100 (20th 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 American Water Works Company, Inc. focus on?

American Water Works Company, Inc.'s top technology area is C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge) with 5 patents, ranking #311 of 1,366 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is American Water Works Company, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

American Water Works Company, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -60% 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 American Water Works Company, Inc.'s patents?

American Water Works Company, Inc.'s patents average 15.3 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 American Water Works Company, 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

American Water Works Company, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, American ranks #34,216 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 8 technology areas.

#34,216
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 20th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.4/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34216 · US Corporation #34,216 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,216/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Amcor Flexibles
CPC-NARROW C02F · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Amcor Flexibles, 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 American’s 26.4 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 7.2 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fulham · near

26
American Water Works · this assignee

26
Midwest Industries · near

26
Direct Pack · near

26
Shenzhen Guangyipeng… · near

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows American's Innovation Score is 26.4/100 (20th 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 American?

Each dot is one of American’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). American’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where American's grants concentrate

American Water Works Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, American sits between Amcor Flexibles, Inc. and Amkor Technology Japan, Inc..

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What this shows American holds 7 patents at rank #34,314, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near American

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,314 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C02F (Treatment OF Water)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for American, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C02F (Treatment OF Water), American ranks #311 of 1,366 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (26 here).

Midwest Industries, Inc. 26 Fulham Company Limited 26 Shenzhen Guangyipeng Technology Co., Ltd. 26 Direct Pack, Inc. 26

American's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 20th percentile higher than 20% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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American Water Works Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	4	57.1%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%

Which technologies does American Water Works Company, Inc. patent most?

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 5

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 2

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 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 8 of 8 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

American Water Works Company, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

American Water Works Company, Inc.'s lead technology class is C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C02F
Ranked #34,216 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare American Water Works Company, Inc. against Amcor Flexibles, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.4/100 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.

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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