Where does World Centric rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), World Centric ranks #10,824 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 World Centric hold?

World Centric holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is World Centric's Innovation Score?

World Centric has an Innovation Score of 34.0 out of 100 (46th 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 World Centric focus on?

World Centric's top technology area is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 3 patents, ranking #74 of 239 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is World Centric's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

World Centric's recent grant velocity is +25% 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 World Centric's patents?

World Centric's patents average 3.3 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 World Centric 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

World Centric

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 11 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: B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, World ranks #10,824 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 11 technology areas.

#10,824
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.0/100): 3.3
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10824 · US Corporation #10,824 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,824/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ViiV Healthcare
CPC-FOCUS B26B · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ViiV Healthcare Company (±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 World’s 34.0 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 11.7 pts (34%) Velocity 8.6 pts (25%) Breadth 11.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 2.0 pts (6%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
PFM Medical · near

34
Seattle Children's… · near

34
World Centric · this assignee

34
Tongfu Microelectron… · near

34
TVA Medical · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows World's Innovation Score is 34.0/100 (46th 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 World?

Each dot is one of World’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). World’s own 3.3 claims/patent is at or below the 10.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where World's grants concentrate

World Centric is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 10.3% of grants classified under B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, World sits between ViiV Healthcare Company and Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc..

World's three-year grant acceleration

World Centric shows 9 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.

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29
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29
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29
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29
Waxman Consumer P…

29
World Centric ◀

29

What this shows World holds 29 patents at rank #10,818, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near World

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,818 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for World, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools), World ranks #74 of 239 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

PFM Medical GMBH 34 Seattle Children's Research Institute 34 Tongfu Microelectronics Co., Ltd. 34 TVA Medical, Inc. 34

World's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% 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.

View data table

World Centric patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	10.3%
2016	7	24.1%
2017	1	3.4%
2019	1	3.4%
2021	6	20.7%
2022	3	10.3%
2023	2	6.9%
2024	4	13.8%
2025partial year	2	6.9%

Which technologies does World Centric patent most?

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 3

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 1

D21J - FIBREBOARD; Manufacture OF Articles From Cellulosic Fibrous Suspensions OR From Papier-mache 1

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

D21C - Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

World Centric's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

World Centric's lead technology class is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 10.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B26B
Ranked #10,824 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare World Centric against ViiV Healthcare Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.0/100 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

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.