Where does Whitewave Services Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Whitewave Services Inc. ranks #18,287 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 Whitewave Services Inc. hold?

Whitewave Services Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Whitewave Services Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Whitewave Services Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.1 out of 100 (33rd 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 Whitewave Services Inc. focus on?

Whitewave Services Inc.'s top technology area is A23C (Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof) with 8 patents, ranking #36 of 208 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Whitewave Services Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Whitewave Services Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Whitewave Services Inc.'s patents?

Whitewave Services Inc.'s patents average 10.9 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 Whitewave Services Inc. 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

Whitewave Services Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A23C (Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Whitewave ranks #18,287 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 8 technology areas.

#18,287
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.1/100): 10.9
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18287 · US Corporation #18,287 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,287/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Waterworks Technolog…
CPC-NARROW A23C · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Waterworks Technology Development Organization 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 Whitewave’s 30.1 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 9.8 pts (33%) Velocity 3.8 pts (13%) Breadth 10.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Whitewave Services · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Whitewave's Innovation Score is 30.1/100 (33rd 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 Whitewave?

Each dot is one of Whitewave’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). Whitewave’s own 10.9 claims/patent is at or below the 11.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Whitewave's grants concentrate

Whitewave Services Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A23C (Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Whitewave sits between W&W Sens Devices, Inc. and Wombat Security Technologies, Inc..

Whitewave's three-year grant acceleration

Whitewave Services Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

W&W Sens Devices

16
Waterworks Techno…

16
Western Universit…

16
Whitestone

16
Wilder Systems

16
Willand (Beijing)…

16
Wisilica

16
Wombat Security

16
Whitewave Services ◀

16

What this shows Whitewave holds 16 patents at rank #18,278, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Whitewave

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,278 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23C (Dairy Products)

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

Whitewave's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Whitewave Services Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2016	2	12.5%
2019	4	25.0%
2020	1	6.3%
2021	2	12.5%
2022	2	12.5%
2023	1	6.3%
2024	1	6.3%
2025partial year	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Whitewave Services Inc. patent most?

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 8

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 4

A23J - Protein Compositions FOR FOODSTUFFS; Working-up Proteins FOR FOODSTUFFS; Phosphatide Compositions FOR Foodstuffs 4

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 3

A23F - COFFEE; TEA; Their SUBSTITUTES; Manufacture, Preparation, OR Infusion Thereof 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 2

A01J - Manufacture OF Dairy Products 1

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Whitewave Services Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Whitewave Services Inc.'s lead technology class is A23C (Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23C
Ranked #18,287 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Whitewave Services Inc. against W&W Sens Devices, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.1/100 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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