Where does WB Development Company LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), WB Development Company LLC ranks #30,592 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 WB Development Company LLC hold?

WB Development Company LLC holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is WB Development Company LLC's Innovation Score?

WB Development Company LLC has an Innovation Score of 33.7 out of 100 (45th 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 WB Development Company LLC focus on?

WB Development Company LLC's top technology area is F01C (Rotary-piston OR Oscillating-piston Machines OR Engines) with 7 patents, ranking #28 of 166 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is WB Development Company LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

WB Development Company LLC's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for WB Development Company LLC's patents?

WB Development Company LLC's patents average 15.1 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 WB Development Company 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

WB Development Company LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: F01C (Rotary-piston OR Oscillating-piston Machines OR Engines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, WB ranks #30,592 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 8 technology areas.

#30,592
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.7/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30592 · US Corporation #30,592 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,592/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wakunaga Pharmaceuti…
CPC-NARROW F01C · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (±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 WB’s 33.7 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 8.0 pts (24%) Velocity 6.7 pts (20%) Breadth 10.0 pts (30%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
WB Development · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows WB's Innovation Score is 33.7/100 (45th 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 WB?

Each dot is one of WB’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). WB’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where WB's grants concentrate

WB Development Company LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under F01C (Rotary-piston OR Oscillating-piston Machines OR Engines). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, WB sits between Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Werma Holding GmbH + Co. KG.

WB's three-year grant acceleration

WB Development Company LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Wakunaga Pharmace…

9
Walbro Engine Man…

9
Water IO

9
Ways Technical

9
WEB Industries

9
Weiss

9
Wera Werkzeuge

9
Werma Holding + KG

9
WB Development ◀

9

What this shows WB holds 9 patents at rank #30,558, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near WB

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,558 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F01C (Rotary-piston OR Oscillating-piston Machines OR Engines)

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

WB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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WB Development Company LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	11.1%
2019	2	22.2%
2020	1	11.1%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	2	22.2%
2023	2	22.2%

Which technologies does WB Development Company LLC patent most?

F01C - Rotary-piston OR Oscillating-piston Machines OR Engines 7

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 6

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 6

F02F - Cylinders, Pistons OR Casings, FOR Combustion ENGINES; Arrangements OF Sealings IN Combustion Engines 2

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 2

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 2

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

WB Development Company LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

WB Development Company LLC's lead technology class is F01C (Rotary-piston OR Oscillating-piston Machines OR Engines), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F01C
Ranked #30,592 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare WB Development Company LLC against Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.7/100 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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