Where does Rapala VMC Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rapala VMC Corporation ranks #18,035 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 Rapala VMC Corporation hold?

Rapala VMC Corporation holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Rapala VMC Corporation's Innovation Score?

Rapala VMC Corporation has an Innovation Score of 19.0 out of 100 (5th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Rapala VMC Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rapala VMC Corporation's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Rapala VMC Corporation's patents?

Rapala VMC Corporation's patents average 2.1 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 Rapala VMC Corporation 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

Rapala VMC Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Rapala VMC Corporation focus on?

Rapala VMC Corporation's top technology area is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals) with 1 patents, ranking #654 of 1,035 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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: A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rapala ranks #18,035 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 1 technology areas.

#18,035
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (19.0/100): 2.1
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18035 · Foreign Corporation #18,035 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,035/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Real View Imaging
CPC-NARROW A01K · 1 areas
INNOV-LOW 19.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Real View Imaging Ltd. (±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 Rapala’s 19.0 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 (52%) Velocity 4.4 pts (23%) Breadth 3.5 pts (19%) Claim depth 1.2 pts (6%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Rapala VMC · this assignee

19
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rapala's Innovation Score is 19.0/100 (5th 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 Rapala?

Each dot is one of Rapala’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). Rapala’s own 2.1 claims/patent is at or below the 12.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Rapala's grants concentrate

Rapala VMC Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 6.3% of grants classified under A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Rapala sits between RO5 Inc. and Regenacy Pharmaceuticals, Inc..

Rapala's three-year grant acceleration

Rapala VMC Corporation shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

RO5

16
Rockwood Lithium

16
Roctool

16
Roesler IP

16
Real View Imaging

16
Reconrobotics

16
Reelwell AS

16
Regenacy Pharmace…

16
Rapala VMC ◀

16

What this shows Rapala holds 16 patents at rank #18,042, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rapala

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,042 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01K (Animal Husbandry)

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

Rapala's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

19 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2022

Grants by year

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

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Rapala VMC Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	8	50.0%
2018	3	18.8%
2019	1	6.3%
2020	1	6.3%
2021	1	6.3%
2022	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Rapala VMC Corporation patent most?

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 1

Top 1 of 1 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

Rapala VMC Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rapala VMC Corporation's lead technology class is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals), 6.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01K
Ranked #18,035 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rapala VMC Corporation against RO5 Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 19.0/100 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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