Where does Valco Instruments Company, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Valco Instruments Company, Inc. ranks #18,255 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 Valco Instruments Company, Inc. hold?

Valco Instruments Company, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Valco Instruments Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Valco Instruments Company, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.8 out of 100 (18th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Valco Instruments Company, Inc. focus on?

Valco Instruments Company, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 15 patents, ranking #1,024 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Valco Instruments Company, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Valco Instruments Company, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -55% 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 Valco Instruments Company, Inc.'s patents?

Valco Instruments Company, Inc.'s patents average 9.9 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 Valco Instruments Company, 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

Valco Instruments Company, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Valco ranks #18,255 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 7 technology areas.

#18,255
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 18th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.8/100): 9.9
avg claims per patent: -55%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18255 · US Corporation #18,255 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,255/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ValenTx
CPC-NARROW G01N · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -55% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ValenTx, 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 Valco’s 25.8 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 (38%) Velocity 0.7 pts (3%) Breadth 9.4 pts (36%) Claim depth 5.9 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Valco Instruments · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Valco's Innovation Score is 25.8/100 (18th 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 Valco?

Each dot is one of Valco’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). Valco’s own 9.9 claims/patent is at or below the 18.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Valco's grants concentrate

Valco Instruments Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 93.8% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Valco sits between Vision Quest Industries Incorporated and Vectra Networks, Inc..

Valco's three-year grant acceleration

Valco Instruments Company, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Vision Quest Indu…

16
Vitronic Dr -Ing…

16
Vtech Telecommuni…

16
VTT Technical Res…

16
Valentx

16
Vapor

16
Veex

16
Vectra Networks

16
Valco Instruments ◀

16

What this shows Valco holds 16 patents at rank #18,259, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Valco

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,259 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Valco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 18th percentile higher than 18% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Valco Instruments Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	12.5%
2016	1	6.3%
2017	3	18.8%
2019	5	31.3%
2021	4	25.0%
2022	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Valco Instruments Company, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 15

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 4

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B01D - Separation 3

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Valco Instruments Company, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Valco Instruments Company, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 93.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #18,255 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Valco Instruments Company, Inc. against Vision Quest Industries Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.8/100 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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