Overall rank by patents
#19,348
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: A47G (HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Whirley ranks #19,348 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 4 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R19348 · US Corporation #19,348 · 15 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Warren Environmental & Coatings, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Whirley Industries · this assignee
21 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Whirley Industries Inc. stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-SPARSE, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DOWN, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #19,348 of 50,000; Innovation Score 21.4/100 sits in the top 92% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Warren Environmental & Coatings, Llc (±0 grants).
Whirley Industries Inc. has been granted 15 US utility patents between 2015 and 2022, placing Whirley Industries Inc. at #19,348 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 4 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 3.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in A47G (HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT). As a US Corporation, Whirley Industries Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Whirley sits between Warren Environmental & Coatings, Llc (15 patents, rank #19,339) and Wingbo Imports Inc (15 patents, rank #19,347) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 21.4/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 6 grants, compared with 9 in the 2015–2019 window, a -33% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Whirley Industries Inc.'s 3.5 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 4 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Warren Environmental & Coatings, LLC
15 patents
West Virginia University Board of Governors on behalf of West Virginia University
15 patents
Westblock Systems, Inc.
15 patents
Westfield Outdoor, Inc.
15 patents
Whitefox Technologies Limited
15 patents
Wilson's Gun Shop, Inc
15 patents
Wimo Labs LLC
15 patents
Wingbo Imports Inc
15 patents
Whirley Industries Inc.
15 patents
What this shows Whirley holds 15 patents at rank #19,343, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #19,343 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Whirley's primary technology class.
Whirley's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
21 Top 92% higher than 8% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 13.3% |
| 2016 | 2 | 13.3% |
| 2017 | 2 | 13.3% |
| 2018 | 2 | 13.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 6.7% |
| 2020 | 4 | 26.7% |
| 2022 | 2 | 13.3% |
Top 4 of 4 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#19,348
of 50,000 tracked assignees
21.4 out of 100
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.