Where does TA Instruments-Waters LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TA Instruments-Waters LLC ranks #10,197 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 TA Instruments-Waters LLC hold?

TA Instruments-Waters LLC holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is TA Instruments-Waters LLC's Innovation Score?

TA Instruments-Waters LLC has an Innovation Score of 50.1 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does TA Instruments-Waters LLC focus on?

TA Instruments-Waters LLC's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 19 patents, ranking #797 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is TA Instruments-Waters LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TA Instruments-Waters LLC's recent grant velocity is -37% 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 TA Instruments-Waters LLC's patents?

TA Instruments-Waters LLC's patents average 14.7 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 TA Instruments-Waters 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

TA Instruments-Waters LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 24 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TA ranks #10,197 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 24 technology areas.

#10,197
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.1/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -37%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10197 · US Corporation #10,197 · 31 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,197/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SunASIC
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -37% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SunASIC Technologies, Inc. (±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 TA’s 50.1 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 12.0 pts (24%) Velocity 12.0 pts (24%) Breadth 17.3 pts (35%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (18%)

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Harmonic · near

50
TA Instruments-Waters · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TA's Innovation Score is 50.1/100 (top 13% 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 TA?

Each dot is one of TA’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). TA’s own 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where TA's grants concentrate

TA Instruments-Waters LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 61.3% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, TA sits between SunASIC Technologies, Inc. and Toyota School Foundation.

TA's three-year grant acceleration

TA Instruments-Waters LLC shows 9 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.

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What this shows TA holds 31 patents at rank #10,197, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TA

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,197 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for TA, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), TA ranks #797 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

GrafTech International Holdings Inc. 50 AlphaSense Oy 50 Encapsys, LLC 50 Harmonic, Inc. 50

TA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% 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.

View data table

TA Instruments-Waters LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.2%
2016	4	12.9%
2017	9	29.0%
2018	3	9.7%
2019	2	6.5%
2020	3	9.7%
2022	1	3.2%
2023	7	22.6%
2024	1	3.2%

Which technologies does TA Instruments-Waters LLC patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 19

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 7

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 5

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 15 of 24 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

TA Instruments-Waters LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TA Instruments-Waters LLC's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 61.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #10,197 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TA Instruments-Waters LLC against SunASIC Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.1/100 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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