Where does Headwater Partners II LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Headwater Partners II LLC ranks #5,286 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 Headwater Partners II LLC hold?

Headwater Partners II LLC holds 65 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Headwater Partners II LLC's Innovation Score?

Headwater Partners II LLC has an Innovation Score of 41.4 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Headwater Partners II LLC focus on?

Headwater Partners II LLC's top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 58 patents, ranking #334 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Headwater Partners II LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Headwater Partners II LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Headwater Partners II LLC's patents?

Headwater Partners II LLC's patents average 24.4 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 Headwater Partners II LLC 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

Headwater Partners II LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 65 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Headwater ranks #5,286 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 65 patents across 12 technology areas.

#5,286
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.4/100): 24.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5286 · US Corporation #5,286 · 65 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 65 grants
UPPER-Q #5,286/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gachon University…
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gachon University of Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fisher & Incorporated · near

41
Headwater Partners II · this assignee

41
Laboratoires… · near

41
Socomec · near

41
ZixCorp Systems · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Headwater's Innovation Score is 41.4/100 (top 33% 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.

Where Headwater's grants concentrate

Headwater Partners II LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 89.2% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (30 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Headwater sits between Gachon University of Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation and Inventec Appliances (Pudong) Corporation.

Gachon University…

65
Glaukos

65
Hisense

65
Hydac Technology

65
Himax Display

65
Innoscience (Suzh…

65
Inari Medical

65
Inventec Applianc…

65
Headwater Partner… ◀

65

What this shows Headwater holds 65 patents at rank #5,288, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Headwater

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,288 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Headwater, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), Headwater ranks #334 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Fisher & Company, Incorporated 41 Laboratoires Expanscience 41 ZixCorp Systems, Inc. 41 Socomec 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.4 here).

Immunogen, Inc. 24.4 avg Zoll Medical Corporation 24.4 avg Cognitive Systems Corp. 24.4 avg Gigamon Inc. 24.4 avg

Headwater's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Headwater Partners II LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	30	46.2%
2016	23	35.4%
2017	11	16.9%
2019	1	1.5%

Which technologies does Headwater Partners II LLC patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 58

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 53

H04M - Telephonic Communication 40

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 23

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 15

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 15

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 13

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 1

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,286

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

41.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Headwater Partners II LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Headwater Partners II LLC's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 89.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #5,286 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Headwater Partners II LLC against Gachon University of Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.4/100 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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