Where does WMS Gaming, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), WMS Gaming, Inc. ranks #3,465 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 WMS Gaming, Inc. hold?

WMS Gaming, Inc. holds 107 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is WMS Gaming, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

WMS Gaming, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.5 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does WMS Gaming, Inc. focus on?

WMS Gaming, Inc.'s top technology area is G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus) with 105 patents, ranking #21 of 1,075 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is WMS Gaming, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

WMS Gaming, Inc.'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 WMS Gaming, Inc.'s patents?

WMS Gaming, Inc.'s patents average 21.9 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 WMS Gaming, 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

WMS Gaming, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 107 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, WMS ranks #3,465 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 107 patents across 10 technology areas.

#3,465
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.5/100): 21.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3465 · US Corporation #3,465 · 107 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 107 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,465/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sunshine Lake Pharma
CPC-FOCUS G07F · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sunshine Lake Pharma 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 WMS’s 40.5 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 16.2 pts (40%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (28%) Claim depth 13.2 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Franke Technology… · near

41
Hanlong Industrial · near

41
NR Engineering · near

41
Quality Electrodynam… · near

41
WMS Gaming · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows WMS's Innovation Score is 40.5/100 (top 35% 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 WMS?

Each dot is one of WMS’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). WMS’s own 21.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where WMS's grants concentrate

WMS Gaming, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 98.1% of grants classified under G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (104 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, WMS sits between Sunshine Lake Pharma Co., Ltd. and Aston Martin Lagonda Limited.

Sunshine Lake Pha…

107
THE Catholic Univ…

107
THE Conard Pyle

107
Vizio

107
Wah Hung Group

107
WMS Gaming ◀

107
Atomera Incorpora…

106
Andrew Wireless S…

106
Aston Martin Lago…

106

What this shows WMS holds 107 patents at rank #3,464, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near WMS

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,464 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for WMS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus), WMS ranks #21 of 1,075 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

NR Engineering Co., Ltd. 41 Quality Electrodynamics, LLC 41 Franke Technology and Trademark Ltd. 41 Hanlong Industrial Co., Ltd. 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.9 here).

Wilson Electronics, LLC 21.9 avg IGT Canada Solutions ULC 21.9 avg Biontech SE 21.9 avg Senseonics, Incorporated 21.9 avg

WMS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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WMS Gaming, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	104	97.2%
2016	2	1.9%
2017	1	0.9%

Which technologies does WMS Gaming, Inc. patent most?

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 105

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 10 of 10 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

WMS Gaming, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

WMS Gaming, Inc.'s lead technology class is G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus), 98.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07F
Ranked #3,465 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare WMS Gaming, Inc. against Sunshine Lake Pharma Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.5/100 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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