Where does Vadum, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vadum, Inc. ranks #38,148 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 Vadum, Inc. hold?

Vadum, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Vadum, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Vadum, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.4 out of 100 (38th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Vadum, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vadum, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Vadum, Inc.'s patents?

Vadum, Inc.'s patents average 14.4 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 Vadum, 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

Vadum, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Vadum, Inc. focus on?

Vadum, Inc.'s top technology area is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance) with 3 patents, ranking #204 of 374 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 12 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vadum ranks #38,148 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 12 technology areas.

#38,148
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.4/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38148 · US Corporation #38,148 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #38,148/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Valeo Etudes…
CPC-FOCUS F41A · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Valeo Etudes Electroniques (±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 Vadum’s 31.4 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 7.2 pts (23%) Velocity 3.3 pts (11%) Breadth 12.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Paul Kristen · near

31
Plexxi · near

31
Curiox Biosystems PTE · near

31
Poppin · near

31
Vadum · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vadum's Innovation Score is 31.4/100 (38th 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 Vadum?

Each dot is one of Vadum’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). Vadum’s own 14.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Vadum's grants concentrate

Vadum, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Vadum sits between Vlaar Innovations B.V. and Vapogenix, Inc..

Vadum's three-year grant acceleration

Vadum, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Vlaar Innovations…

7
Vpas Group Pty

7
VRG Controls

7
Vulcan Completion…

7
Valeo Etudes Elec…

7
Valtra Oy Ab

7
Vanmark Equipment

7
Vapogenix

7
Vadum ◀

7

What this shows Vadum holds 7 patents at rank #38,174, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vadum

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,174 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vadum, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…), Vadum ranks #204 of 374 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

Curiox Biosystems PTE Ltd. 31 Poppin, Inc. 31 Plexxi Inc. 31 Paul Kristen, Inc. 31

Vadum's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 38th percentile higher than 38% 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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Vadum, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	28.6%
2017	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2023	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Vadum, Inc. patent most?

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 3

F41B - Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F42D - Blasting 2

H04B - Transmission 1

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 1

H04J - Multiplex Communication 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Vadum, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vadum, Inc.'s lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
Ranked #38,148 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vadum, Inc. against Vlaar Innovations B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.4/100 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

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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