Overall rank by patents
#18,282
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: H04R (LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Wave ranks #18,282 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 6 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R18282 · US Corporation #18,282 · 16 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Walk Vascular, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Wave Sciences · this assignee
30 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Wave Sciences, Llc stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #18,282 of 50,000; Innovation Score 30.4/100 sits in the top 66% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Walk Vascular, Llc (±0 grants).
Wave Sciences, Llc has been granted 16 US utility patents between 2016 and 2024, placing Wave Sciences, Llc at #18,282 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 6 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 16.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in H04R (LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS). As a US Corporation, Wave Sciences, Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Wave sits between WSOU Investments, Llc (16 patents, rank #18,283) and Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme Gmbh (16 patents, rank #18,291) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 30.4/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 10 grants, compared with 6 in the 2015–2019 window, a +67% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Wave Sciences, Llc's 16.5 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 6 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
WSOU INVESTMENTS, LLC
16 patents
Walk Vascular, LLC
16 patents
Warby Parker Inc.
16 patents
WaterFurnace International, Inc.
16 patents
Wawona Packing Co., LLC
16 patents
WeMovie Technologies
16 patents
WingArc1st Inc.
16 patents
Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH
16 patents
Wave Sciences, LLC
16 patents
What this shows Wave holds 16 patents at rank #18,287, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #18,287 in granted patent volume.
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)
30 Top 66% higher than 34% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2019 | 3 | 18.8% |
| 2020 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 2021 | 3 | 18.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2024 | 2 | 12.5% |
Top 6 of 6 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#18,282
of 50,000 tracked assignees
30.4 out of 100
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.