Where does Wavin B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wavin B.V. ranks #27,811 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 Wavin B.V. hold?

Wavin B.V. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Wavin B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Wavin B.V. has an Innovation Score of 35.8 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Wavin B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wavin B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +133% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Wavin B.V.'s patents?

Wavin B.V.'s patents average 23.8 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 Wavin B.V. 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

Wavin B.V.

Q: What technology areas does Wavin B.V. focus on?

Wavin B.V.'s top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 9 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wavin ranks #27,811 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 9 technology areas.

#27,811
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.8/100): 23.8
avg claims per patent: +133%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27811 · Foreign Corporation #27,811 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,811/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wellbore Integrity…
CPC-NARROW F16L · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +133% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wellbore Integrity Solutions 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Wavin B V · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wavin's Innovation Score is 35.8/100 (top 48% 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.

Where Wavin's grants concentrate

Wavin B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Wavin sits between Wuhan Lotus Cars Co., Ltd and West Virginia University Research Corporation.

Wavin's three-year grant acceleration

Wavin B.V. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Wuhan Lotus Cars

10
Wuhan United Imag…

10
Wuxi Petabyte

10
WWS Acquisition

10
Wellworx Energy S…

10
Wellbore Integrit…

10
Werewolf Therapeu…

10
West Virginia Uni…

10
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10

What this shows Wavin holds 10 patents at rank #27,815, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wavin

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,815 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

Wavin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Wavin B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2020	3	30.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Wavin B.V. patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 5

E03F - SEWERS; Cesspools 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 1

E02B - Hydraulic Engineering 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#27,811

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Wavin B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wavin B.V.'s lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #27,811 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wavin B.V. against Wuhan Lotus Cars Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.8/100 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

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