Where does W&W Sens Devices, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), W&W Sens Devices, Inc. ranks #18,299 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 W&W Sens Devices, Inc. hold?

W&W Sens Devices, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is W&W Sens Devices, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

W&W Sens Devices, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.1 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is W&W Sens Devices, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

W&W Sens Devices, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for W&W Sens Devices, Inc.'s patents?

W&W Sens Devices, Inc.'s patents average 28.4 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 W&W Sens Devices, 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

W&W Sens Devices, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does W&W Sens Devices, Inc. focus on?

W&W Sens Devices, Inc.'s top technology area is H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation) with 16 patents, ranking #158 of 1,370 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, W&w ranks #18,299 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 7 technology areas.

#18,299
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.1/100): 28.4
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18299 · US Corporation #18,299 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,299/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Väderstad Holding AB
CPC-NARROW H10F · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 28.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Väderstad Holding AB (±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 W&w’s 42.1 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 (23%) Velocity 8.0 pts (19%) Breadth 9.4 pts (22%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alegeus · near

42
RES USA · near

42
Sonnax Transmission · near

42
Star Mesh · near

42
W&W Sens Devices · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows W&w's Innovation Score is 42.1/100 (top 31% 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 W&w?

Each dot is one of W&w’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). W&w’s own 28.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where W&w's grants concentrate

W&W Sens Devices, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, W&w sits between VivaLnk, Inc. and Whitewave Services Inc..

W&w's three-year grant acceleration

W&W Sens Devices, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Vivalnk

16
Voxtel

16
Vytronus

16
Väderstad Holding…

16
Waterworks Techno…

16
Western Universit…

16
Whitestone

16
Whitewave Services

16
W&W Sens Devices ◀

16

What this shows W&W holds 16 patents at rank #18,274, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near W&W

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,274 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Rad…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for W&W, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Rad…), W&W ranks #158 of 1,370 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Star Mesh LLC 42 Sonnax Transmission Company 42 Alegeus Technologies, LLC 42 RES USA, LLC 42

W&w's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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W&W Sens Devices, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	18.8%
2017	1	6.3%
2019	2	12.5%
2020	2	12.5%
2021	1	6.3%
2022	1	6.3%
2023	3	18.8%
2024	2	12.5%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does W&W Sens Devices, Inc. patent most?

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 16

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 15

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 15

H04B - Transmission 9

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 7

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 6

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 2

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

W&W Sens Devices, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

W&W Sens Devices, Inc.'s lead technology class is H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10F
Ranked #18,299 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare W&W Sens Devices, Inc. against VivaLnk, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.1/100 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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