Where does Ward-Kraft, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ward-Kraft, Inc. ranks #7,962 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 Ward-Kraft, Inc. hold?

Ward-Kraft, Inc. holds 41 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Ward-Kraft, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ward-Kraft, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.0 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ward-Kraft, Inc. focus on?

Ward-Kraft, Inc.'s top technology area is G09F (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals) with 15 patents, ranking #53 of 860 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ward-Kraft, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ward-Kraft, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +56% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ward-Kraft, Inc.'s patents?

Ward-Kraft, Inc.'s patents average 11.3 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 Ward-Kraft, 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

Ward-Kraft, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 41 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: G09F (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ward-kraft ranks #7,962 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 21 technology areas.

#7,962
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.0/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: +56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7962 · US Corporation #7,962 · 41 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 41 grants
UPPER-Q #7,962/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vitaworks IP
CPC-FOCUS G09F · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vitaworks IP, 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 Ward-kraft’s 43.0 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 12.9 pts (30%) Velocity 7.1 pts (17%) Breadth 16.2 pts (38%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dicon Fiberoptics · near

43
Ferric · near

43
Kennedy Valve · near

43
Silicon Integrated… · near

43
Ward-Kraft · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ward-kraft's Innovation Score is 43.0/100 (top 29% 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 Ward-kraft?

Each dot is one of Ward-kraft’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). Ward-kraft’s own 11.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ward-kraft's grants concentrate

Ward-Kraft, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 36.6% of grants classified under G09F (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (14 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Ward-kraft sits between Vitaworks IP, LLC and 2266170 Ontario Inc..

Ward-kraft's three-year grant acceleration

Ward-Kraft, Inc. shows 16 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Vitaworks IP

41
Volvo Group Canada

41
WestfÄLische Wilh…

41
Wuhan Kaidi Engin…

41
Worthington Indus…

41
Zhejiang Chint El…

41
Zafgen

41
Ward-kraft ◀

41
2266170 Ontario

40

What this shows Ward-Kraft holds 41 patents at rank #7,964, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ward-Kraft

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,964 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G09F (Displaying)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Ward-Kraft's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ward-Kraft, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G09F (Displaying), Ward-Kraft ranks #53 of 860 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Ferric Inc. 43 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. 43 Kennedy Valve Company 43 Dicon Fiberoptics, Inc. 43

Ward-kraft's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Ward-Kraft, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	9.8%
2016	2	4.9%
2017	2	4.9%
2018	2	4.9%
2019	6	14.6%
2020	4	9.8%
2021	5	12.2%
2022	14	34.1%
2023	2	4.9%

Which technologies does Ward-Kraft, Inc. patent most?

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 15

B31D - Making Articles OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper, NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses B31b OR B31c 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 3

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 2

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 2

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 1

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 1

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 1

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 1

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

Top 15 of 21 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

Ward-Kraft, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ward-Kraft, Inc.'s lead technology class is G09F (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals), 36.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G09F
Ranked #7,962 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ward-Kraft, Inc. against Vitaworks IP, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.0/100 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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