Where does Wacoal Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wacoal Corp. ranks #17,356 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 Wacoal Corp. hold?

Wacoal Corp. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Wacoal Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Wacoal Corp. has an Innovation Score of 30.9 out of 100 (36th 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 Wacoal Corp. focus on?

Wacoal Corp.'s top technology area is A41C (CORSETS; Brassieres) with 7 patents, ranking #11 of 67 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wacoal Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wacoal Corp.'s recent grant velocity is -94% 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 Wacoal Corp.'s patents?

Wacoal Corp.'s patents average 5.1 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 Wacoal Corp. 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 Foreign Corporation

Wacoal Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 10 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: A41C (CORSETS; Brassieres).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wacoal ranks #17,356 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 10 technology areas.

#17,356
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.9/100): 5.1
avg claims per patent: -94%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17356 · Foreign Corporation #17,356 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,356/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Virtualitics
CPC-FOCUS A41C · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -94% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Virtualitics, 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 Wacoal’s 30.9 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 10.0 pts (32%) Velocity 6.7 pts (22%) Breadth 11.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 3.0 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Wacoal · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wacoal's Innovation Score is 30.9/100 (36th 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 Wacoal?

Each dot is one of Wacoal’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). Wacoal’s own 5.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Wacoal's grants concentrate

Wacoal Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 41.2% of grants classified under A41C (CORSETS; Brassieres). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Wacoal sits between Virtualitics, Inc. and Wezag GMBH Werkzeugfabrik.

Wacoal's three-year grant acceleration

Wacoal Corp. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Virtualitics

17
Visual Physics

17
Vossloh-werke

17
Vycor Medical

17
Wagstaff

17
Waylens

17
Weebit Nano

17
Wezag Werkzeugfab…

17
Wacoal ◀

17

What this shows Wacoal holds 17 patents at rank #17,353, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wacoal

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,353 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A41C (Corsets)

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

Wacoal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% 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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Wacoal Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	17.6%
2016	4	23.5%
2017	5	29.4%
2018	4	23.5%
2024	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Wacoal Corp. patent most?

A41C - CORSETS; Brassieres 7

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 6

A41B - SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

A41H - Appliances OR Methods FOR Making Clothes, e.g. FOR Dress-making OR FOR Tailoring, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

D04B - Knitting 1

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Wacoal Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wacoal Corp.'s lead technology class is A41C (CORSETS; Brassieres), 41.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A41C
Ranked #17,356 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wacoal Corp. against Virtualitics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.9/100 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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