Where does Wowza Media Systems, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wowza Media Systems, LLC ranks #5,728 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 Wowza Media Systems, LLC hold?

Wowza Media Systems, LLC holds 60 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Wowza Media Systems, LLC's Innovation Score?

Wowza Media Systems, LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.7 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Wowza Media Systems, LLC focus on?

Wowza Media Systems, LLC's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 43 patents, ranking #417 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wowza Media Systems, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wowza Media Systems, LLC's recent grant velocity is -72% 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 Wowza Media Systems, LLC's patents?

Wowza Media Systems, LLC's patents average 18.1 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 Wowza Media Systems, LLC 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

Wowza Media Systems, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 60 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wowza ranks #5,728 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 60 patents across 7 technology areas.

#5,728
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.7/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: -72%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5728 · US Corporation #5,728 · 60 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 60 grants
UPPER-Q #5,728/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The University of…
CPC-NARROW H04N · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -72% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The University of Birmingham (±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 Wowza’s 35.7 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 14.2 pts (40%) Velocity 1.2 pts (3%) Breadth 9.4 pts (26%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Accelerated · near

36
Bend Reserch · near

36
Manta Sleep · near

36
Pentair Filtration… · near

36
Wowza Media Systems · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wowza's Innovation Score is 35.7/100 (top 49% 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 Wowza?

Each dot is one of Wowza’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). Wowza’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Wowza's grants concentrate

Wowza Media Systems, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 71.7% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Wowza sits between The University of Birmingham and Workhorse Group Inc..

Wowza's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Wowza Media Systems, LLC moved from 22 to 4 grants (0.18x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

The University of…

60
University OF Yam…

60
Viacom Internatio…

60
Vertice Oil Tools

60
Wuyi University

60
Winfield Solutions

60
Woods Hole Oceano…

60
Workhorse Group

60
Wowza Media Syste… ◀

60

What this shows Wowza holds 60 patents at rank #5,723, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wowza

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,723 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Wowza, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Wowza ranks #417 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Bend Reserch, Inc. 36 Accelerated Ag Technologies, LLC 36 Manta Sleep LLC 36 Pentair Filtration Solutions, LLC 36

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation 18.1 avg Intellisist, Inc. 18.1 avg HRB Innovations, Inc. 18.1 avg Inventus Holdings, LLC 18.1 avg

Wowza's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Wowza Media Systems, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	16.7%
2016	9	15.0%
2017	8	13.3%
2018	7	11.7%
2019	13	21.7%
2020	7	11.7%
2021	2	3.3%
2022	3	5.0%
2023	1	1.7%

Which technologies does Wowza Media Systems, LLC patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 43

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 40

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 5

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

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 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Wowza Media Systems, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wowza Media Systems, LLC's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 71.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #5,728 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wowza Media Systems, LLC against The University of Birmingham, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.7/100 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

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