Where does Wexco Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wexco Incorporated ranks #38,310 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 Wexco Incorporated hold?

Wexco Incorporated holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2023, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Wexco Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Wexco Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 24.6 out of 100 (15th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Wexco Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wexco Incorporated's recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Wexco Incorporated's patents?

Wexco Incorporated's patents average 15.4 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 Wexco Incorporated 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

Wexco Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does Wexco Incorporated focus on?

Wexco Incorporated'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 7 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2023. 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: 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, Wexco ranks #38,310 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 4 technology areas.

#38,310
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.6/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38310 · US Corporation #38,310 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #38,310/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Welland Medical
CPC-NARROW F16L · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Welland Medical Limited (±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
Wexco Incorporated · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wexco's Innovation Score is 24.6/100 (15th 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.

Where Wexco's grants concentrate

Wexco Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% 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 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Wexco sits between Welland Medical Limited and Wilder Tactical, LLC.

Wexco's three-year grant acceleration

Wexco Incorporated shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Welland Medical

7
Wenzhou Hongfeng…

7
Wepower

7
Westco Scientific…

7
Wheel ME AS

7
Wick Werks

7
Wila B V

7
Wilder Tactical

7
Wexco Incorporated ◀

7

What this shows Wexco holds 7 patents at rank #38,261, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wexco

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,261 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

Wexco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2023

Grants by year

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

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Wexco Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	28.6%
2020	2	28.6%
2021	2	28.6%
2023	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Wexco Incorporated patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 7

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 3

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#38,310

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

24.6 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

Wexco Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wexco Incorporated'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), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #38,310 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wexco Incorporated against Welland Medical Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.6/100 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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