Where does D-wave Systems Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), D-wave Systems Inc. ranks #2,239 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 D-wave Systems Inc. hold?

D-wave Systems Inc. holds 175 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is D-wave Systems Inc.'s Innovation Score?

D-wave Systems Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.1 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does D-wave Systems Inc. focus on?

D-wave Systems Inc.'s top technology area is G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models) with 142 patents, ranking #72 of 4,479 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

Is D-wave Systems Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

D-wave Systems Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +39% 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 D-wave Systems Inc.'s patents?

D-wave Systems Inc.'s patents average 18.2 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 D-wave Systems 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 Foreign Corporation

D-wave Systems Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 175 granted patents across 34 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: G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, D-wave ranks #2,239 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 175 patents across 34 technology areas.

#2,239
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.1/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: +39%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2239 · Foreign Corporation #2,239 · 175 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 175 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,239/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ambarella Internatio…
CPC-FOCUS G06N · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +39% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ambarella International LP (±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 D-wave’s 57.1 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 17.9 pts (31%) Velocity 7.7 pts (13%) Breadth 20.6 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bell Sports · near

57
Blue-White Industries · near

57
D-wave Systems · this assignee

57
Zhejiang Dunan… · near

57
Zhuhai Pantum · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows D-wave's Innovation Score is 57.1/100 (top 5% 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 D-wave?

Each dot is one of D-wave’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). D-wave’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where D-wave's grants concentrate

D-wave Systems Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 81.1% of grants classified under G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (24 grants) versus a trough of 13 in 2018. By volume, D-wave sits between US Conec Ltd. and Navico Holding AS.

D-wave's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, D-wave Systems Inc. moved from 51 to 59 grants (1.16x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #855. See the growth leaderboard.

US Conec

176
Wincor Nixdorf In…

176
Ambarella Interna…

175
Beijing Universit…

175
Fujifilm Sonosite

175
Impinj

175
LNW Gaming

175
Navico Holding AS

175
D-wave Systems ◀

175

What this shows D-wave holds 175 patents at rank #2,239, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near D-wave

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,239 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Mo…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in D-wave's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for D-wave, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Mo…), D-wave ranks #72 of 4,479 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co., Ltd. 57 Zhejiang Dunan Artificial Environment Co., Ltd. 57 Blue-White Industries, Ltd. 57 Bell Sports, Inc. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.2 here).

Eberspächer Exhaust Technology GmbH 18.2 avg Keysight Technologies, Inc. 18.2 avg Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. 18.2 avg Exxonmobil Research AND Engineering Company 18.2 avg

D-wave's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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D-wave Systems Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	8.0%
2016	14	8.0%
2017	14	8.0%
2018	13	7.4%
2019	14	8.0%
2020	15	8.6%
2021	22	12.6%
2022	24	13.7%
2023	19	10.9%
2024	16	9.1%
2025partial year	10	5.7%

Which technologies does D-wave Systems Inc. patent most?

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 142

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 81

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 53

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 51

H03K - Pulse Technique 19

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 14

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 12

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 10

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 10

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 9

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 9

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 8

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 8

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 6

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 5

Top 15 of 34 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

D-wave Systems Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

D-wave Systems Inc.'s lead technology class is G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models), 81.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06N
Ranked #2,239 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare D-wave Systems Inc. against US Conec Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.1/100 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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