Where does WatchGuard, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), WatchGuard, Inc. ranks #25,531 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 WatchGuard, Inc. hold?

WatchGuard, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2019, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is WatchGuard, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

WatchGuard, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.1 out of 100 (43rd 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 WatchGuard, Inc. focus on?

WatchGuard, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 6 patents, ranking #1,879 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is WatchGuard, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

WatchGuard, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 WatchGuard, Inc.'s patents?

WatchGuard, Inc.'s patents average 19.6 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 WatchGuard, 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

WatchGuard, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2019. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Watchguard ranks #25,531 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 13 technology areas.

#25,531
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (33.1/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25531 · US Corporation #25,531 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,531/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wagner Group
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wagner Group GmbH (±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 Watchguard’s 33.1 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 8.6 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
WatchGuard · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Watchguard's Innovation Score is 33.1/100 (43rd 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 Watchguard?

Each dot is one of Watchguard’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). Watchguard’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Watchguard's grants concentrate

WatchGuard, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 54.5% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2019. By volume, Watchguard sits between Worldwide Diamond Trademarks Ltd and Webster Capital, LLC.

Worldwide Diamond…

11
Wuhan Institute O…

11
Wuxi Lead Intelli…

11
Wagner Group

11
Waterway Plastics

11
Wevideo

11
Webasto Donghee H…

11
Webster Capital

11
Watchguard ◀

11

What this shows WatchGuard holds 11 patents at rank #25,529, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near WatchGuard

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,529 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Watchguard's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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WatchGuard, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	7	63.6%
2019	4	36.4%

Which technologies does WatchGuard, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 5

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 2

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 1

H04H - Broadcast Communication 1

H04B - Transmission 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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

WatchGuard, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 54.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #25,531 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare WatchGuard, Inc. against Worldwide Diamond Trademarks Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.1/100 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.