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Upstream Security, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Upstream ranks #27,738 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 8 technology areas.

#27,738
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.7/100)
22.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27738 · Foreign Corporation #27,738 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

  • GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
  • MID-PACK #27,738/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Universität Regensburg
  • CPC-NARROW H04W · 8 areas
  • INNOV-PAR 51.7/100
  • CLAIMS-DENSE 22.4 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
  • BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Universität Regensburg (±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 Upstream’s 51.7 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 Upstream

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Upstream's Innovation Score is 51.7/100 (top 11% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Upstream?

Each dot is one of Upstream’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). Upstream’s own 22.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Upstream vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 9.99.91010.1 0510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent University of Konstanz - 10, 13.7University of Kon…University of Tasmania - 10, 19.1University of Tas…University of Vermont - 10, 15.5University of Ver…Universität Regensburg - 10, 14.4Universität Regen…Urban Intelligence, Inc. - 10, 1Urban IntelligenceUtah State University Research Foundation - 10, 16.7Utah State Univer…Uwiz Technology Co., Ltd. - 10, 16.2Uwiz TechnologyVallourec Drilling Products France - 10, 18Vallourec Drillin…Upstream Security, Ltd. - 10, 22.4Upstream Security
Upstream vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Upstream's grants concentrate

Upstream Security, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Upstream sits between University of Konstanz and Vallourec Drilling Products France.

Upstream's three-year grant acceleration

Upstream Security, Ltd. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Who files at Upstream's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Upstream holds 10 patents at rank #27,729, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Upstream

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,729 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Upstream's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Upstream Security, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2021 1 10.0%
2022 3 30.0%
2023 3 30.0%
2025partial year 3 30.0%

Which technologies does Upstream Security, Ltd. patent most?

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Upstream Security, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Upstream Security, Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
  • Ranked #27,738 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Upstream Security, Ltd. against University of Konstanz, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 51.7/100 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

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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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.