Overall rank by patents
#906
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 496 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Wilus ranks #906 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 496 patents across 17 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R906 · Foreign Corporation #906 · 496 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Symbol Technologies, 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
CertainTeed · near
60 score
Science Applications… · near
60 score
Wilus Institute OF… · this assignee
60 score
Molex · near
60 score
Rosemount · near
60 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Wilus's Innovation Score is 60.0/100 (top 4% 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.
Wilus Institute OF Standards AND Technology Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 77.2% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (105 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Wilus sits between Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd. and Fitbit, LLC.
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Wilus Institute OF Standards AND Technology Inc. moved from 118 to 277 grants (2.35x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #140. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
499 patents
Eastman Chemical Company
498 patents
University OF Maryland, Baltimore
497 patents
Symbol Technologies, LLC
496 patents
Wilus Institute OF Standards AND Technology Inc.
496 patents
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
494 patents
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
494 patents
Analog Devices Global Unlimited Company
493 patents
Fitbit, LLC
492 patents
What this shows Wilus holds 496 patents at rank #906, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #906 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Wilus's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Wilus, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.9 here).
Wilus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
60 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0.4% |
| 2017 | 9 | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 12 | 2.4% |
| 2019 | 25 | 5.0% |
| 2020 | 47 | 9.5% |
| 2021 | 46 | 9.3% |
| 2022 | 73 | 14.7% |
| 2023 | 99 | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 105 | 21.2% |
| 2025partial year | 78 | 15.7% |
Top 15 of 17 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#906
of 49,997 tracked assignees
60.0 out of 100
What to do with this data
Wilus Institute OF Standards AND Technology Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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