Where does Department OF Veterans Affairs rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Department OF Veterans Affairs ranks #1,989 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 Department OF Veterans Affairs hold?

Department OF Veterans Affairs holds 201 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 68 technology areas.

What is Department OF Veterans Affairs's Innovation Score?

Department OF Veterans Affairs has an Innovation Score of 57.3 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Department OF Veterans Affairs focus on?

Department OF Veterans Affairs's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 113 patents, ranking #164 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 68 CPC subclasses total.

Is Department OF Veterans Affairs's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Department OF Veterans Affairs's recent grant velocity is -74% 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 Department OF Veterans Affairs's patents?

Department OF Veterans Affairs'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 Department OF Veterans Affairs 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

Department OF Veterans Affairs

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 201 granted patents across 68 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Department ranks #1,989 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 201 patents across 68 technology areas.

#1,989
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.3/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: -74%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1989 · US Corporation #1,989 · 201 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 201 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,989/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Enseo
CPC-WIDE A61K · 68 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -74% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Enseo, 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 Department’s 57.3 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 18.3 pts (32%) Velocity 3.1 pts (5%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ajinomoto · near

57
Department OF… · this assignee

57
Lummus Technology · near

57
National Central… · near

57
United Arab… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Department's Innovation Score is 57.3/100 (top 5% 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 Department?

Each dot is one of Department’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). Department’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Department's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Department OF Veterans Affairs received 41 grants versus 157 in 2015–2019 (-74% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 42 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 5. Lead class A61K accounts for 56.2% of the portfolio across 68 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Indian Oil Corporation Limited (#1,985) and Renesas Electronics America Inc. (#1,993).

Department's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Department OF Veterans Affairs moved from 49 to 23 grants (0.47x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,765. See the growth leaderboard.

Indian Oil

202
Kawasaki Motors

202
Optum

202
Tokuyama

202
Enseo

201
Intervet

201
Nippon Kayaku

201
Renesas America

201
Department OF Vet… ◀

201

What this shows Department holds 201 patents at rank #1,989, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Department

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,989 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Department, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Department ranks #164 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Lummus Technology LLC 57 National Central University 57 United Arab Emirates University 57 Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 57

Similar claim depth

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

Flooring Industies Limited, Sarl 18.1 avg Kerr Machine Co. 18.1 avg Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC 18.1 avg Bemis Associates, Inc. 18.1 avg

Department's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% 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

Department OF Veterans Affairs patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	24	11.9%
2016	34	16.9%
2017	26	12.9%
2018	42	20.9%
2019	31	15.4%
2020	8	4.0%
2021	10	5.0%
2022	11	5.5%
2023	7	3.5%
2024	5	2.5%
2025partial year	3	1.5%

Which technologies does Department OF Veterans Affairs patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 113

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 84

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 48

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 35

C07K - Peptides 34

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 27

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 24

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 21

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 15

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 15

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 13

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 13

C12Y - Enzymes 12

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 12

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 11

Top 15 of 68 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

Department OF Veterans Affairs's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Department OF Veterans Affairs's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 56.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #1,989 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Department OF Veterans Affairs against Indian Oil Corporation Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.3/100 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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