Where does Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC ranks #44,036 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 Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC hold?

Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC's Innovation Score?

Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC has an Innovation Score of 24.0 out of 100 (13th 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 Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC focus on?

Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC's top technology area is A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories) with 6 patents, ranking #58 of 376 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC'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 Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC's patents?

Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC's patents average 20.5 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 Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, 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

Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wausau ranks #44,036 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 2 technology areas.

#44,036
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.0/100): 20.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44036 · US Corporation #44,036 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #44,036/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Warrior
CPC-NARROW A47K · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Warrior Technologies, 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 Wausau’s 24.0 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 6.7 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (21%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (51%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Wausau Paper Towel… · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wausau's Innovation Score is 24.0/100 (13th 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 Wausau?

Each dot is one of Wausau’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). Wausau’s own 20.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Wausau's grants concentrate

Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Wausau sits between Warrior Technologies, LLC and WePay, Inc..

Warrior

6
Waste Repurposing…

6
Waterguru

6
Watershed Solar

6
Wavepharma

6
Wavesense

6
Wayblazer

6
Wepay

6
Wausau Paper Towe… ◀

6

What this shows Wausau holds 6 patents at rank #44,041, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wausau

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,041 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47K (Sanitary Equipment)

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

Wausau's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	50.0%
2017	2	33.3%
2018	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC patent most?

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Top 2 of 2 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

Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC's lead technology class is A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47K
Ranked #44,036 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC against Warrior Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.0/100 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.