Where does Watson Marlow GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Watson Marlow GMBH ranks #11,129 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 Watson Marlow GMBH hold?

Watson Marlow GMBH holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Watson Marlow GMBH's Innovation Score?

Watson Marlow GMBH has an Innovation Score of 31.8 out of 100 (39th 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 Watson Marlow GMBH focus on?

Watson Marlow GMBH's top technology area is F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps) with 7 patents, ranking #177 of 1,184 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Watson Marlow GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Watson Marlow GMBH's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Watson Marlow GMBH's patents?

Watson Marlow GMBH's patents average 6.7 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 Watson Marlow GMBH 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

Watson Marlow GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 9 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: F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Watson ranks #11,129 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 9 technology areas.

#11,129
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.8/100): 6.7
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11129 · Foreign Corporation #11,129 · 28 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #11,129/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Verkada
CPC-NARROW F04B · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Verkada 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.

How Watson’s 31.8 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 11.6 pts (36%) Velocity 5.6 pts (18%) Breadth 10.6 pts (33%) Claim depth 4.0 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
C B Worldwide · near

32
GW Pharma · near

32
Medtentia Internatio… · near

32
Ekos · near

32
Watson Marlow · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Watson's Innovation Score is 31.8/100 (39th 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 Watson?

Each dot is one of Watson’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). Watson’s own 6.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Watson's grants concentrate

Watson Marlow GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 25% of grants classified under F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Watson sits between Verkada Inc. and WilMarc Holdings, LLC.

Watson's three-year grant acceleration

Watson Marlow GMBH shows 5 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.

Verkada

28
Vibracoustic

28
Vifor (Internatio…

28
Waltop Internatio…

28
Weltrend Semicond…

28
Wireless Photonics

28
Waters Ireland

28
Wilmarc Holdings

28
Watson Marlow ◀

28

What this shows Watson holds 28 patents at rank #11,125, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Watson

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,125 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Watson, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids), Watson ranks #177 of 1,184 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

Ekos Corporation 32 C.B. Worldwide, Inc. 32 Medtentia International Ltd Oy 32 GW Pharma Ltd. 32

Watson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% 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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Watson Marlow GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	10.7%
2016	3	10.7%
2017	6	21.4%
2018	4	14.3%
2019	2	7.1%
2020	2	7.1%
2021	2	7.1%
2022	1	3.6%
2023	1	3.6%
2024	3	10.7%
2025partial year	1	3.6%

Which technologies does Watson Marlow GMBH patent most?

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 7

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 7

F01C - Rotary-piston OR Oscillating-piston Machines OR Engines 4

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 1

F05C - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Materials, Material Properties OR Material Characteristics FOR Machines, Engines OR Pumps Other Than Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines 1

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Watson Marlow GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Watson Marlow GMBH's lead technology class is F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps), 25% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04B
Ranked #11,129 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Watson Marlow GMBH against Verkada Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.8/100 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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