Where does Upwing Energy, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Upwing Energy, Inc. ranks #6,297 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 Upwing Energy, Inc. hold?

Upwing Energy, Inc. holds 54 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Upwing Energy, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Upwing Energy, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.4 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Upwing Energy, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Upwing Energy, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +106% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Upwing Energy, Inc.'s patents?

Upwing Energy, Inc.'s patents average 20.4 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 Upwing Energy, Inc. 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

Upwing Energy, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Upwing Energy, Inc. focus on?

Upwing Energy, Inc.'s top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 53 patents, ranking #64 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 54 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Upwing ranks #6,297 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 54 patents across 18 technology areas.

#6,297
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.4/100): 20.4
avg claims per patent: +106%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6297 · US Corporation #6,297 · 54 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 54 grants
UPPER-Q #6,297/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Technology Partners
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +106% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Technology Partners 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.

How Upwing’s 44.4 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 13.8 pts (31%) Velocity 3.3 pts (7%) Breadth 15.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DisplayLink (UK) · near

44
Hangzhou Silicon-Mag… · near

44
Miura · near

44
Upwing Energy · this assignee

44
Varta Microbattery · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Upwing's Innovation Score is 44.4/100 (top 26% 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 Upwing?

Each dot is one of Upwing’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). Upwing’s own 20.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Upwing's grants concentrate

Upwing Energy, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 98.1% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Upwing sits between Technology Partners LLC and Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc..

Upwing's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Upwing Energy, Inc. moved from 34 to 17 grants (0.50x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Technology Partne…

54
Tekni-plex

54
The Secretary of…

54
Thor Tech

54
Venus Medtech (Ha…

54
Weir Minerals Aus…

54
Yuhan

54
Zimmer Knee Creat…

54
Upwing Energy ◀

54

What this shows Upwing holds 54 patents at rank #6,296, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Upwing

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,296 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Upwing, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Upwing ranks #64 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

DisplayLink (UK) Limited 44 Varta Microbattery GMBH 44 Miura Co., Ltd. 44 Hangzhou Silicon-Magic Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.4 here).

Seno Medical Instruments, Inc. 20.4 avg Cloudflare, Inc. 20.4 avg Wirtgen GmbH 20.4 avg Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. 20.4 avg

Upwing's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Upwing Energy, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	1.9%
2019	16	29.6%
2020	11	20.4%
2021	7	13.0%
2022	7	13.0%
2023	6	11.1%
2024	4	7.4%
2025partial year	2	3.7%

Which technologies does Upwing Energy, Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 53

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 37

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 25

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 18

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 17

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 16

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 13

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 13

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 13

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 4

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 4

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 2

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Upwing Energy, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Upwing Energy, Inc.'s lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 98.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #6,297 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Upwing Energy, Inc. against Technology Partners LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.4/100 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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