Where does WaferTech, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), WaferTech, LLC ranks #10,817 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 WaferTech, LLC hold?

WaferTech, LLC holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is WaferTech, LLC's Innovation Score?

WaferTech, LLC has an Innovation Score of 39.2 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does WaferTech, LLC focus on?

WaferTech, LLC's top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 22 patents, ranking #562 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is WaferTech, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

WaferTech, LLC's recent grant velocity is -96% 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 WaferTech, LLC's patents?

WaferTech, LLC's patents average 19.3 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 WaferTech, 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

WaferTech, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wafertech ranks #10,817 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 20 technology areas.

#10,817
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.2/100): 19.3
avg claims per patent: -96%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10817 · US Corporation #10,817 · 29 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,817/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Waxman Consumer…
CPC-FOCUS H01L · 20 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -96% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Waxman Consumer Products Group 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 Wafertech’s 39.2 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 11.7 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.8 pts (40%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Atomic Design · near

39
Conexant Systems · near

39
Ingeteam Power… · near

39
Shanghai Neusoft… · near

39
WaferTech · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wafertech's Innovation Score is 39.2/100 (top 39% 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 Wafertech?

Each dot is one of Wafertech’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). Wafertech’s own 19.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Wafertech's grants concentrate

WaferTech, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 75.9% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (14 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Wafertech sits between Wireless Advanced Vehicle Electrification, LLC and Wolf Tooth Components, LLC.

Wireless Advanced…

29
World Centric

29
Worldvu Satellites

29
Worthington Armst…

29
Waxman Consumer P…

29
Westin Automotive…

29
Wolf Appliance

29
Wolf Tooth Compon…

29
Wafertech ◀

29

What this shows WaferTech holds 29 patents at rank #10,821, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near WaferTech

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,821 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for WaferTech, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), WaferTech ranks #562 of 3,373 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Atomic Design Inc. 39 Shanghai Neusoft Medical Technology Co., Ltd. 39 Conexant Systems, LLC 39 Ingeteam Power Technology, S.A. 39

Wafertech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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WaferTech, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	20.7%
2016	14	48.3%
2017	3	10.3%
2018	4	13.8%
2019	1	3.4%
2021	1	3.4%

Which technologies does WaferTech, LLC patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 22

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 14

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 8

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

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

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 2

G11C - Static Stores 1

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

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 1

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 1

F42D - Blasting 1

F42C - Ammunition Fuzes ; Arming OR Safety Means Therefor 1

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 1

Top 15 of 20 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

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

WaferTech, LLC's lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 75.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #10,817 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare WaferTech, LLC against Wireless Advanced Vehicle Electrification, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.2/100 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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