Where does Waterford Institute of Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Waterford Institute of Technology ranks #33,865 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 Waterford Institute of Technology hold?

Waterford Institute of Technology holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Waterford Institute of Technology's Innovation Score?

Waterford Institute of Technology has an Innovation Score of 31.6 out of 100 (38th 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 Waterford Institute of Technology focus on?

Waterford Institute of Technology's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 5 patents, ranking #4,044 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Waterford Institute of Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Waterford Institute of Technology's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Waterford Institute of Technology's patents?

Waterford Institute of Technology's patents average 14.9 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 Waterford Institute of Technology 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 Foreign Corporation

Waterford Institute of Technology

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 11 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Waterford ranks #33,865 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 11 technology areas.

#33,865
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.6/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33865 · Foreign Corporation #33,865 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,865/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Warner Babcock…
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, 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 Waterford’s 31.6 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 7.6 pts (24%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 11.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Waterford Institute… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Waterford's Innovation Score is 31.6/100 (38th 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 Waterford?

Each dot is one of Waterford’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). Waterford’s own 14.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Waterford's grants concentrate

Waterford Institute of Technology is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Waterford sits between Wuxi Haidaer Precision Slides Co., Ltd and WeWork Companies LLC.

Waterford's three-year grant acceleration

Waterford Institute of Technology shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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 Waterford holds 8 patents at rank #33,875, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Waterford

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,875 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Waterford's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 38th percentile higher than 38% 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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Waterford Institute of Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2017	2	25.0%
2018	2	25.0%
2019	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2023	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Waterford Institute of Technology patent most?

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

H04M - Telephonic Communication 5

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

H04B - Transmission 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 1

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Waterford Institute of Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Waterford Institute of Technology's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #33,865 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Waterford Institute of Technology against Wuxi Haidaer Precision Slides Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.6/100 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

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