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The United States of America as Represented by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Q: Where does The United States of America as Represented by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The United States of America as Represented by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs ranks #43,626 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the The United States of America as Represented by the Dept. 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 PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #43,626 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 10 technology areas.

#43,626
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.4/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43626 · US Federal Government #43,626 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USGOV · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,626/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Secretary of…
CPC-FOCUS A61P · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USGOV US Federal Gov
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
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28
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 28.4/100 (27th 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.

Where The's grants concentrate

The United States of America as Represented by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). By volume, The sits between The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and The Williamette Valley Company LLC.

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What this shows The holds 6 patents at rank #43,673, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,673 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The United States of America as Represented by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	50.0%
2016	3	50.0%

Which technologies does The United States of America as Represented by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

C07K - Peptides 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 1

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#43,626

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

The United States of America as Represented by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The United States of America as Represented by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs's lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #43,626 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The United States of America as Represented by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs against The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.4/100 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

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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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