Where does World View Enterprises Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), World View Enterprises Inc. ranks #13,794 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 View Enterprises Inc. hold?

World View Enterprises Inc. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is World View Enterprises Inc.'s Innovation Score?

World View Enterprises Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.7 out of 100 (48th 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 View Enterprises Inc. focus on?

World View Enterprises Inc.'s top technology area is B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft) with 20 patents, ranking #4 of 39 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is World View Enterprises Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

World View Enterprises Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +38% 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 View Enterprises Inc.'s patents?

World View Enterprises Inc.'s patents average 16.9 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 World View Enterprises 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

World View Enterprises Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 4 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: B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, World ranks #13,794 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 4 technology areas.

#13,794
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.7/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: +38%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13794 · US Corporation #13,794 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,794/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH WideOrbit
CPC-NARROW B64B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +38% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: WideOrbit 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.

How World’s 34.7 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 10.8 pts (31%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 7.1 pts (20%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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World View Enterprises · this assignee

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What this shows World's Innovation Score is 34.7/100 (48th 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 16.9 claims/patent is at or below the 18.5 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 View Enterprises Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 90.9% of grants classified under B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, World sits between WideOrbit LLC and Xiamen Axent Corporation Limited.

World's three-year grant acceleration

World View Enterprises Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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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What this shows World holds 22 patents at rank #13,790, 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 #13,790 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft)

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

World's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 48th percentile higher than 48% 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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World View Enterprises Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	9.1%
2017	3	13.6%
2018	2	9.1%
2019	1	4.5%
2020	4	18.2%
2021	1	4.5%
2022	2	9.1%
2023	2	9.1%
2024	2	9.1%
2025partial year	3	13.6%

Which technologies does World View Enterprises Inc. patent most?

B64B - Lighter-than AIR Aircraft 20

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 8

G01W - Meteorology 4

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

World View Enterprises Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

World View Enterprises Inc.'s lead technology class is B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft), 90.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64B
Ranked #13,794 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare World View Enterprises Inc. against WideOrbit LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.7/100 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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