Where does Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc. ranks #38,282 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 Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc. hold?

Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2019, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.5 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 Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc. focus on?

Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc.'s top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 4 patents, ranking #4,040 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wave Life Sciences Japan, 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 Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc.'s patents?

Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc.'s patents average 25.0 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 Wave Life Sciences Japan, 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 Foreign Corporation

Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2019. 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wave ranks #38,282 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#38,282
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.5/100): 25.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38282 · Foreign Corporation #38,282 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #38,282/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wagman Metal Products
CPC-NARROW A61P · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wagman Metal Products, 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 Wave’s 31.5 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 7.2 pts (23%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (30%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (47%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Wave Life Sciences… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wave's Innovation Score is 31.5/100 (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 Wave?

Each dot is one of Wave’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). Wave’s own 25.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Wave's grants concentrate

Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Wave sits between Wagman Metal Products, Inc. and WBV Weisenburger Bau+Verwaltung GmbH.

Wagman Metal Prod…

7
Warnermedia Direct

7
Warr Gaming

7
Watanabe Oyster L…

7
Waveform

7
Waveguide

7
Wayport

7
WBV Weisenburger…

7
Wave Life Science… ◀

7

What this shows Wave holds 7 patents at rank #38,244, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wave

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,244 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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

Wave'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 · 2016–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	3	42.9%
2018	2	28.6%
2019	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc. patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 4

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 3

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 1

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #38,282 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wave Life Sciences Japan, Inc. against Wagman Metal Products, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.5/100 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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