Where does Vaisala OYJ rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vaisala OYJ ranks #13,235 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 Vaisala OYJ hold?

Vaisala OYJ holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Vaisala OYJ's Innovation Score?

Vaisala OYJ has an Innovation Score of 45.2 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Vaisala OYJ focus on?

Vaisala OYJ's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 12 patents, ranking #1,245 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vaisala OYJ's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vaisala OYJ's recent grant velocity is +44% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Vaisala OYJ's patents?

Vaisala OYJ's patents average 17.0 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 Vaisala OYJ 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

Vaisala OYJ

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 32 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vaisala ranks #13,235 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 32 technology areas.

#13,235
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.2/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: +44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13235 · Foreign Corporation #13,235 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #13,235/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Umajin
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +44% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Umajin Inc. (±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 Vaisala’s 45.2 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 11.0 pts (24%) Velocity 4.0 pts (9%) Breadth 20.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Vaisala OYJ · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vaisala's Innovation Score is 45.2/100 (top 24% 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 Vaisala?

Each dot is one of Vaisala’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). Vaisala’s own 17.0 claims/patent is at or below the 17.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Vaisala's grants concentrate

Vaisala OYJ is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 52.2% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Vaisala sits between UT Brands LLC and Viaccess.

Vaisala's three-year grant acceleration

Vaisala OYJ shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

UT Brands

23
Utechzone

23
Umajin

23
University Colleg…

23
Valorisation-rech…

23
Vantrix

23
Veryone

23
Viaccess

23
Vaisala OYJ ◀

23

What this shows Vaisala holds 23 patents at rank #13,229, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vaisala

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,229 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Vaisala's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Vaisala OYJ patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	8.7%
2017	1	4.3%
2018	3	13.0%
2019	3	13.0%
2020	4	17.4%
2021	3	13.0%
2023	2	8.7%
2024	4	17.4%
2025partial year	1	4.3%

Which technologies does Vaisala OYJ patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 12

G01W - Meteorology 9

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 3

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

B01D - Separation 2

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 1

E01F - Additional Work, Such AS Equipping Roads OR THE Construction OF Platforms, Helicopter Landing Stages, Signs, Snow Fences, OR THE Like 1

Top 15 of 32 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

Vaisala OYJ's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vaisala OYJ's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 52.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #13,235 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vaisala OYJ against UT Brands LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.2/100 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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