Where does WD Media, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), WD Media, LLC ranks #5,129 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 WD Media, LLC hold?

WD Media, LLC holds 68 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is WD Media, LLC's Innovation Score?

WD Media, LLC has an Innovation Score of 43.5 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is WD Media, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

WD Media, LLC'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 WD Media, LLC's patents?

WD Media, LLC's patents average 18.1 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 WD Media, 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

WD Media, LLC

Q: What technology areas does WD Media, LLC focus on?

WD Media, LLC's top technology area is G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer) with 54 patents. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 68 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, WD ranks #5,129 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 68 patents across 26 technology areas.

#5,129
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.5/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5129 · US Corporation #5,129 · 68 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 68 grants
UPPER-Q #5,129/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH emz-Hanauer & KGaA
CPC-FOCUS G11B · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaA (±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
Cercacor Laboratories · near

44
Neuboron Medtech · near

44
People ai · near

44
Sanford · near

44
WD Media · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows WD's Innovation Score is 43.5/100 (top 28% 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 WD's grants concentrate

WD Media, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 79.4% of grants classified under G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (32 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2019. By volume, WD sits between Ubicquia, Inc. and i4F Licensing NV.

Ubicquia

68
United Kingdom Re…

68
Vale

68
Vactronix Scienti…

68
Woven Planet Nort…

68
Zodiac Aerotechni…

68
emz-hanauer & Kgaa

68
i4f Licensing

68
WD Media ◀

68

What this shows WD holds 68 patents at rank #5,127, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near WD

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,127 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Re…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for WD, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Cercacor Laboratories, Inc. 44 People.ai, Inc. 44 Neuboron Medtech Ltd. 44 Sanford L.P. 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

Kathrein-werke KG 18.1 avg Aleddra Inc. 18.1 avg DT Swiss Inc. 18.1 avg Sony Electronics Inc. 18.1 avg

WD's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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WD Media, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	32	47.1%
2016	18	26.5%
2017	9	13.2%
2018	6	8.8%
2019	3	4.4%

Which technologies does WD Media, LLC patent most?

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 54

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 7

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 2

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 2

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 2

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 2

B44B - Machines, Apparatus OR Tools FOR Artistic Work, e.g. FOR Sculpturing, Guilloching, Carving, Branding, Inlaying 2

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

Top 15 of 26 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,129

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

43.5 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

WD Media, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

WD Media, LLC's lead technology class is G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer), 79.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G11B
Ranked #5,129 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare WD Media, LLC against Ubicquia, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.5/100 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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