Where does Wavefront Research, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wavefront Research, Inc. ranks #4,175 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 Wavefront Research, Inc. hold?

Wavefront Research, Inc. holds 86 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Wavefront Research, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Wavefront Research, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.9 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Wavefront Research, Inc. focus on?

Wavefront Research, Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 60 patents, ranking #253 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wavefront Research, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wavefront Research, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +24% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Wavefront Research, Inc.'s patents?

Wavefront Research, Inc.'s patents average 12.9 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 Wavefront Research, 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

Wavefront Research, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 86 granted patents across 21 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wavefront ranks #4,175 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 86 patents across 21 technology areas.

#4,175
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.9/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: +24%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4175 · US Corporation #4,175 · 86 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 86 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,175/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sata & KG
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +24% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sata GmbH & Co. KG (±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 Wavefront’s 43.9 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 15.4 pts (35%) Velocity 4.6 pts (10%) Breadth 16.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Colormatrix Holdings · near

44
Hitachi-lg Data… · near

44
OL Security Liability · near

44
Panasonic Semiconduc… · near

44
Wavefront Research · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wavefront's Innovation Score is 43.9/100 (top 27% 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 Wavefront?

Each dot is one of Wavefront’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). Wavefront’s own 12.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Wavefront's grants concentrate

Wavefront Research, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 69.8% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (12 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, Wavefront sits between Sata GmbH & Co. KG and Arlanxeo Deutschland GmbH.

Wavefront's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Wavefront Research, Inc. moved from 35 to 24 grants (0.69x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Sata & KG

86
Syncmold Enterpri…

86
Telia AB

86
United Therapeuti…

86
Wavefront Research ◀

86
Accton Technology

85
Alfred Kärcher &…

85
Archer Aviation

85
Arlanxeo Deutschl…

85

What this shows Wavefront holds 86 patents at rank #4,175, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wavefront

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,175 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Wavefront, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Wavefront ranks #253 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Hitachi-lg Data Storage, Inc. 44 OL Security Limited Liability Company 44 Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions Co., Ltd. 44 Colormatrix Holdings, Inc. 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.9 here).

Crrc Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd. 12.9 avg Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft 12.9 avg Bell Sports, Inc. 12.9 avg Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH 12.9 avg

Wavefront's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% 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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Wavefront Research, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	5.8%
2016	3	3.5%
2017	6	7.0%
2018	12	14.0%
2019	12	14.0%
2020	12	14.0%
2021	11	12.8%
2022	10	11.6%
2023	11	12.8%
2024	3	3.5%
2025partial year	1	1.2%

Which technologies does Wavefront Research, Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 60

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 50

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 10

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 5

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 5

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 4

H04B - Transmission 3

H04Q - Selecting 2

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 2

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 1

Top 15 of 21 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

Wavefront Research, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wavefront Research, Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 69.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #4,175 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wavefront Research, Inc. against Sata GmbH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.9/100 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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