Where does Wsou Investments, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wsou Investments, LLC ranks #18,298 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 Wsou Investments, LLC hold?

Wsou Investments, LLC holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Wsou Investments, LLC's Innovation Score?

Wsou Investments, LLC has an Innovation Score of 31.5 out of 100 (38th 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 Wsou Investments, LLC focus on?

Wsou Investments, LLC's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 5 patents, ranking #4,044 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wsou Investments, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wsou Investments, LLC's recent grant velocity is -93% 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 Wsou Investments, LLC's patents?

Wsou Investments, LLC's patents average 17.6 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 Wsou Investments, 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

Wsou Investments, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wsou ranks #18,298 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 10 technology areas.

#18,298
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.5/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: -93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18298 · US Corporation #18,298 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,298/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Walk Vascular
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Walk Vascular, 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 Wsou’s 31.5 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 9.8 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Wsou Investments · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wsou's Innovation Score is 31.5/100 (38th 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 Wsou?

Each dot is one of Wsou’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). Wsou’s own 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Wsou's grants concentrate

Wsou Investments, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 31.3% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Wsou sits between Wilder Systems Inc. and Wave Sciences, LLC.

Wilder Systems

16
Willand (Beijing)…

16
Wisilica

16
Wombat Security

16
Walk Vascular

16
Warby Parker

16
Waterfurnace Inte…

16
Wave Sciences

16
Wsou Investments ◀

16

What this shows Wsou holds 16 patents at rank #18,283, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wsou

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,283 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Wsou's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 38th percentile higher than 38% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Wsou Investments, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	6.3%
2018	10	62.5%
2019	4	25.0%
2020	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Wsou Investments, LLC patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

H04J - Multiplex Communication 2

H04B - Transmission 2

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 2

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 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H04Q - Selecting 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 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

Wsou Investments, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wsou Investments, LLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 31.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #18,298 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wsou Investments, LLC against Wilder Systems Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.5/100 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

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.