Where does V-grid Energy Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), V-grid Energy Systems, Inc. ranks #25,481 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 V-grid Energy Systems, Inc. hold?

V-grid Energy Systems, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is V-grid Energy Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

V-grid Energy Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.0 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is V-grid Energy Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

V-grid Energy Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -43% 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 V-grid Energy Systems, Inc.'s patents?

V-grid Energy Systems, Inc.'s patents average 14.0 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 V-grid Energy Systems, 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

V-grid Energy Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does V-grid Energy Systems, Inc. focus on?

V-grid Energy Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is C10J (Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases) with 11 patents, ranking #11 of 149 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: C10J (Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, V-grid ranks #25,481 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 15 technology areas.

#25,481
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.0/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent: -43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25481 · US Corporation #25,481 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,481/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH University of Kent
CPC-FOCUS C10J · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: University of Kent (±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 V-grid’s 32.0 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 8.6 pts (27%) Velocity 1.3 pts (4%) Breadth 13.7 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
V-grid Energy Systems · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows V-grid's Innovation Score is 32.0/100 (40th 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 V-grid?

Each dot is one of V-grid’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). V-grid’s own 14.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where V-grid's grants concentrate

V-grid Energy Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C10J (Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, V-grid sits between University of Kent and Velox-puredigital Ltd..

V-grid's three-year grant acceleration

V-grid Energy Systems, Inc. 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.

University of Kent

11
Univerza v Ljubja…

11
Uurmi Systems PVT

11
V-armed

11
V V T Med

11
Varia Holdings

11
VB Assets

11
Velox-puredigital

11
V-grid Energy Sys… ◀

11

What this shows V-grid holds 11 patents at rank #25,465, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near V-grid

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,465 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C10J (Production OF Producer GAS)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in V-grid's primary technology class.

V-grid's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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V-grid Energy Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	18.2%
2017	1	9.1%
2018	2	18.2%
2019	2	18.2%
2020	3	27.3%
2023	1	9.1%

Which technologies does V-grid Energy Systems, Inc. patent most?

C10J - Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases 11

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 5

C10K - Purifying OR Modifying THE Chemical Composition OF Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide 4

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 3

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 3

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 2

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 2

F01K - Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles 2

B01D - Separation 2

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 2

C01C - AMMONIA; CYANOGEN; Compounds Thereof 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

Top 15 of 15 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

V-grid Energy Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

V-grid Energy Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is C10J (Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C10J
Ranked #25,481 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare V-grid Energy Systems, Inc. against University of Kent, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.0/100 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

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