Where does Liquid Waste Technology, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Liquid Waste Technology, LLC ranks #41,451 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 Liquid Waste Technology, LLC hold?

Liquid Waste Technology, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Liquid Waste Technology, LLC's Innovation Score?

Liquid Waste Technology, LLC has an Innovation Score of 29.9 out of 100 (32nd 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 Liquid Waste Technology, LLC focus on?

Liquid Waste Technology, LLC's top technology area is E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting) with 4 patents, ranking #123 of 348 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Liquid Waste Technology, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Liquid Waste Technology, 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 Liquid Waste Technology, LLC's patents?

Liquid Waste Technology, LLC's patents average 23.0 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 Liquid Waste Technology, 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

Liquid Waste Technology, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Liquid ranks #41,451 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 7 technology areas.

#41,451
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.9/100): 23.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41451 · US Corporation #41,451 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,451/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lipopharma Therapeut…
CPC-NARROW E02F · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lipopharma Therapeutics, S.L. (±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 Liquid’s 29.9 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 6.7 pts (22%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (31%) Claim depth 13.8 pts (46%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Liquid Waste… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Liquid's Innovation Score is 29.9/100 (32nd 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 Liquid?

Each dot is one of Liquid’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). Liquid’s own 23.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 19.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Liquid's grants concentrate

Liquid Waste Technology, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Liquid sits between Lipopharma Therapeutics, S.L. and Lithium Werks Technology BV.

Lipopharma Therap…

6
Liquiglide

6
Liquid Biopsy Res…

6
Liquid Biosciences

6
Liquid-markets

6
Listat

6
Liteideas

6
Lithium Werks Tec…

6
Liquid Waste Tech… ◀

6

What this shows Liquid holds 6 patents at rank #41,459, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Liquid

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,459 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E02F (Dredging)

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

Liquid's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Liquid Waste Technology, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2016	1	16.7%
2017	2	33.3%
2018	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Liquid Waste Technology, LLC patent most?

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 4

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

B01D - Separation 1

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 1

E02B - Hydraulic Engineering 1

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Liquid Waste Technology, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Liquid Waste Technology, LLC's lead technology class is E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E02F
Ranked #41,451 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Liquid Waste Technology, LLC against Lipopharma Therapeutics, S.L., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.9/100 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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