Where does Wafer LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wafer LLC ranks #15,754 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 Wafer LLC hold?

Wafer LLC holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Wafer LLC's Innovation Score?

Wafer LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.3 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Wafer LLC focus on?

Wafer LLC's top technology area is H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials) with 16 patents, ranking #205 of 1,637 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wafer LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wafer LLC's recent grant velocity is +71% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Wafer LLC's patents?

Wafer LLC's patents average 19.9 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 Wafer 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

Wafer LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wafer ranks #15,754 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 9 technology areas.

#15,754
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.3/100): 19.9
avg claims per patent: +71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15754 · US Corporation #15,754 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,754/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH VideoAmp
CPC-NARROW H01Q · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: VideoAmp, 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 Wafer’s 35.3 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 10.3 pts (29%) Velocity 2.4 pts (7%) Breadth 10.6 pts (30%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Wafer · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Wafer's Innovation Score is 35.3/100 (top 50% 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 Wafer?

Each dot is one of Wafer’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). Wafer’s own 19.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 19.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Wafer's grants concentrate

Wafer LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 84.2% of grants classified under H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Wafer sits between VideoAmp, Inc. and Wuxi Little Swan Co., Ltd..

Wafer's three-year grant acceleration

Wafer LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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 Wafer holds 19 patents at rank #15,749, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wafer

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,749 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01Q (Antennas)

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

Wafer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Wafer LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	7	36.8%
2020	5	26.3%
2021	2	10.5%
2023	2	10.5%
2024	3	15.8%

Which technologies does Wafer LLC patent most?

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 16

H04B - Transmission 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 4

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Wafer LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wafer LLC's lead technology class is H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials), 84.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01Q
Ranked #15,754 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wafer LLC against VideoAmp, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.3/100 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

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.