Early Warning Services, LLC
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 122 granted patents across 8 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Early ranks #3,092 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 122 patents across 8 technology areas.
- #3,092
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 30%
- by Innovation Score (42.5/100)
- 18.6
- avg claims per patent
- +124%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R3092 · US Corporation #3,092 · 122 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MID 122 grants
- TOP-DECILE #3,092/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Beijing University…
- CPC-NARROW G06Q · 8 areas
- INNOV-PAR 42.5/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-SURGE +124% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Beijing University OF Posts AND Telecommunications (±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 Early’s 42.5 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Early
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- AGS · near
AGS · near
43 score
- Citizen Machinery · near
Citizen Machinery · near
43 score
- Early Warning Services · this assignee
Early Warning Services · this assignee
43 score
- Meps Real-Time · near
Meps Real-Time · near
43 score
- Sony Network… · near
Sony Network… · near
43 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Early's Innovation Score is 42.5/100 (top 30% 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 Early?
Each dot is one of Early’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). Early’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Early's grants concentrate
Early Warning Services, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 66.4% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (19 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Early sits between Beijing University OF Posts AND Telecommunications and Irdeto B.V..
Early's three-year grant acceleration
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Early Warning Services, LLC moved from 53 to 38 grants (0.72x 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 #2,096. See the growth leaderboard.
Who files at Early's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Beijing Universit…
Beijing University OF Posts AND Telecommunications
122 patents
- CVS Pharmacy
CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
122 patents
- Ecco Sko A/S
Ecco Sko A/S
122 patents
- Ewha University—I…
Ewha UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Collaboration Foundation
122 patents
- Forma Therapeutics
Forma Therapeutics, Inc.
122 patents
- Faurecia Emission…
Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC
122 patents
- Hino Motors
Hino Motors, Ltd.
122 patents
- Irdeto B V
Irdeto B.V.
122 patents
- Early Warning Ser… ◀
Early Warning Services, LLC
122 patents
What this shows Early holds 122 patents at rank #3,094, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Early
By rank, the assignees closest to #3,094 in granted patent volume.
- Beijing University OF Posts AND Telecommunications #3,090 · 122 patents
- CVS Pharmacy, Inc. #3,091 · 122 patents
- Ecco Sko A/S #3,092 · 122 patents
- Ewha UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Collaboration Foundation #3,093 · 122 patents
- Forma Therapeutics, Inc. #3,095 · 122 patents
- Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC #3,096 · 122 patents
- Hino Motors, Ltd. #3,097 · 122 patents
- Irdeto B.V. #3,098 · 122 patents
Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Early's primary technology class.
- International Business Machines Corporation 6,621 in class
- Google LLC 3,295 in class
- Capital ONE Services, LLC 3,005 in class
- Amazon Technologies, Inc. 2,993 in class
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 2,990 in class
- Facebook, Inc. 1,919 in class
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1,697 in class
- Mastercard International Incorporated 1,644 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Early, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…), Early ranks #179 of 6,520 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).
Similar claim depth
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.6 here).
Early's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 11 | 9.0% |
| 2018 | 7 | 5.7% |
| 2019 | 15 | 12.3% |
| 2020 | 19 | 15.6% |
| 2021 | 19 | 15.6% |
| 2022 | 10 | 8.2% |
| 2023 | 16 | 13.1% |
| 2024 | 12 | 9.8% |
| 2025partial year | 12 | 9.8% |
Which technologies does Early Warning Services, LLC patent most?
Top 8 of 8 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Early Warning Services, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Early Warning Services, LLC's lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 66.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
- Ranked #3,092 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Early Warning Services, LLC against Beijing University OF Posts AND Telecommunications, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 42.5/100 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.
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