Where does IVC BV rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IVC BV ranks #41,060 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 IVC BV hold?

IVC BV holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2022, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is IVC BV's Innovation Score?

IVC BV has an Innovation Score of 29.5 out of 100 (31st 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 IVC BV focus on?

IVC BV's top technology area is E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors) with 6 patents, ranking #111 of 584 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is IVC BV's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for IVC BV.

What does claim depth mean for IVC BV's patents?

IVC BV's patents average 17.2 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 IVC BV 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 Foreign Corporation

IVC BV

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2022. 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: E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, IVC ranks #41,060 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 10 technology areas.

#41,060
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.5/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41060 · Foreign Corporation #41,060 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,060/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Itochu
CPC-FOCUS E04F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2022 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Itochu Corporation (±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 IVC’s 29.5 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 6.7 pts (23%) Velocity 1.3 pts (4%) Breadth 11.2 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
IVC BV · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows IVC's Innovation Score is 29.5/100 (31st 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 IVC?

Each dot is one of IVC’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). IVC’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where IVC's grants concentrate

IVC BV is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, IVC sits between Itochu Corporation and Iwata Bolt Kabushiki Kaisha.

IVC's three-year grant acceleration

IVC BV shows 1 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.

Itochu

6
Itoh Optical Indu…

6
Itvers

6
ITW EF&C Korea

6
Iview Therapeutics

6
IVP Holdings III

6
Ivtouch

6
Iwata Bolt

6
IVC BV ◀

6

What this shows IVC holds 6 patents at rank #40,941, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near IVC

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,941 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings)

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

IVC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2022

Grants by year

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

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IVC BV patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	33.3%
2021	3	50.0%
2022	1	16.7%

Which technologies does IVC BV patent most?

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 6

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 6

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

B44C - Producing Decorative Effects ; MOSAICS; Tarsia Work ; Paperhanging 2

D06N - Wall, Floor, OR Like Covering Materials, e.g. Linoleum, Oilcloth, Artificial Leather, Roofing Felt, Consisting OF A Fibrous WEB Coated With A Layer OF Macromolecular MATERIAL; Flexible Sheet Material NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 1

B27N - Manufacture BY DRY Processes OF Articles, With OR Without Organic Binding Agents, Made From Particles OR Fibres Consisting OF Wood OR Other Lignocellulosic OR Like Organic Material 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 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

IVC BV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

IVC BV's lead technology class is E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04F
Ranked #41,060 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare IVC BV against Itochu Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.5/100 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

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