Where does Wastequip, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wastequip, LLC ranks #10,229 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 Wastequip, LLC hold?

Wastequip, LLC holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Wastequip, LLC's Innovation Score?

Wastequip, LLC has an Innovation Score of 43.4 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Wastequip, LLC focus on?

Wastequip, LLC's top technology area is B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects) with 11 patents, ranking #38 of 616 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

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

Wastequip, LLC's recent grant velocity is -42% 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 Wastequip, LLC's patents?

Wastequip, LLC's patents average 16.2 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 Wastequip, 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

Wastequip, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wastequip ranks #10,229 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 18 technology areas.

#10,229
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.4/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: -42%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10229 · US Corporation #10,229 · 31 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,229/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH uniQure IP B V
CPC-FOCUS B60P · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -42% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: uniQure IP B.V. (±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 Wastequip’s 43.4 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 12.0 pts (28%) Velocity 6.7 pts (15%) Breadth 15.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bauer Spezialtiefbau · near

43
CommScope Italy S R L · near

43
JCR Pharmaceuticals · near

43
Mikro Systems · near

43
Wastequip · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wastequip's Innovation Score is 43.4/100 (top 28% 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 Wastequip?

Each dot is one of Wastequip’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). Wastequip’s own 16.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Wastequip's grants concentrate

Wastequip, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 35.5% of grants classified under B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Wastequip sits between Vulcan Inc. and uniQure IP B.V..

Wastequip's three-year grant acceleration

Wastequip, LLC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Vulcan

31
Wonik IPS

31
Wuhan BOE Optoele…

31
Waddington North…

31
Xcerra

31
Yunding Network T…

31
ZF Active Safety…

31
uniqure IP B V

31
Wastequip ◀

31

What this shows Wastequip holds 31 patents at rank #10,230, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wastequip

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,230 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Wastequip, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport), Wastequip ranks #38 of 616 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Mikro Systems, Inc. 43 Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH 43 CommScope Italy S.R.L. 43 JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. 43

Wastequip's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Wastequip, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	9.7%
2016	4	12.9%
2017	5	16.1%
2018	6	19.4%
2019	1	3.2%
2020	2	6.5%
2021	3	9.7%
2022	4	12.9%
2023	1	3.2%
2024	1	3.2%
2025partial year	1	3.2%

Which technologies does Wastequip, LLC patent most?

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 11

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 8

B65F - Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse 7

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 4

B30B - Presses IN General 3

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

E01B - Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

B09B - Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 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

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

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

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

Wastequip, LLC's lead technology class is B60P (Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects), 35.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60P
Ranked #10,229 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wastequip, LLC against Vulcan Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.4/100 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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