Where does Waters Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Waters Industries, Inc. ranks #38,280 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 Waters Industries, Inc. hold?

Waters Industries, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Waters Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Waters Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.7 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Waters Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Waters Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Waters Industries, Inc.'s patents average 18.0 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 Waters Industries, 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

Waters Industries, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Waters Industries, Inc. focus on?

Waters Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Waters ranks #38,280 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#38,280
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.7/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38280 · US Corporation #38,280 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #38,280/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Warner Wireless Int'l
CPC-NARROW F21V · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Warner Wireless Int'l, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Waters Industries · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Waters's Innovation Score is 28.7/100 (28th 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.

Where Waters's grants concentrate

Waters Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Waters sits between Warner Wireless Int'l, Inc. and Weidmann Holding AG.

Waters's three-year grant acceleration

Waters Industries, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Warner Wireless I…

7
Warren Engine

7
Warrior Rig

7
Waterbox OY

7
Waterstone

7
Weatherford Nethe…

7
Weener Plastics G…

7
Weidmann Holding

7
Waters Industries ◀

7

What this shows Waters holds 7 patents at rank #38,294, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Waters

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,294 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…)

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

Waters's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Waters Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	2	28.6%
2021	2	28.6%
2024	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Waters Industries, Inc. patent most?

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 6

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 4

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 4

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#38,280

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Waters Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #38,280 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Waters Industries, Inc. against Warner Wireless Int'l, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.7/100 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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