Where does Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC ranks #21,837 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 Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC hold?

Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC's Innovation Score?

Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC has an Innovation Score of 38.1 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC's recent grant velocity is -56% 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 Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC's patents?

Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC's patents average 16.9 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 Stowe Woodward Licensco 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

Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC

Q: What technology areas does Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC focus on?

Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC's top technology area is D21F (Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon) with 11 patents. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: D21F (Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Stowe ranks #21,837 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 21 technology areas.

#21,837
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.1/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21837 · US Corporation #21,837 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,837/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Starkeys
CPC-FOCUS D21F · 21 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Starkeys LLC (±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
Panoramic Power · near

38
Gamblit Gaming · near

38
Stowe Woodward… · this assignee

38
Universidad… · near

38
Perumala Holdings · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Stowe's Innovation Score is 38.1/100 (top 42% 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 Stowe's grants concentrate

Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 84.6% of grants classified under D21F (Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Stowe sits between Starkeys LLC and SUN Medical Technology Research Corporation.

Stowe's three-year grant acceleration

Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Starkeys

13
Statoil Gulf Serv…

13
Staubli Electrica…

13
Stemcell Canada

13
Strength Master F…

13
STT Webos

13
SUN Drilling Prod…

13
SUN Medical Techn…

13
Stowe Woodward Li… ◀

13

What this shows Stowe holds 13 patents at rank #21,768, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Stowe

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,768 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D21F (Paper-making Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Stowe, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Universidad Autonoma DE Madrid 38 Gamblit Gaming, LLC 38 Perumala Holdings, LLC 38 Panoramic Power Ltd. 38

Stowe's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	23.1%
2016	1	7.7%
2017	2	15.4%
2019	3	23.1%
2020	2	15.4%
2023	1	7.7%
2024	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC patent most?

D21F - Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon 11

D21G - CALENDERS; Accessories FOR Paper-making Machines 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B30B - Presses IN General 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

F16N - Lubricating 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

B31F - Mechanical Working OR Deformation OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 1

B41N - Printing Plates OR Foils ; Materials FOR Surfaces Used IN Printing Machines FOR Printing, Inking, Damping, OR THE LIKE; Preparing Such Surfaces FOR USE AND Conserving Them 1

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,837

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

38.1 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

Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC's lead technology class is D21F (Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon), 84.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D21F
Ranked #21,837 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Stowe Woodward Licensco LLC against Starkeys LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.1/100 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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