Where does Valqua, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Valqua, Ltd. ranks #5,189 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 Valqua, Ltd. hold?

Valqua, Ltd. holds 67 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Valqua, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Valqua, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 39.3 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Valqua, Ltd. focus on?

Valqua, Ltd.'s top technology area is F16J (Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings) with 11 patents, ranking #66 of 753 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is Valqua, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Valqua, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +588% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Valqua, Ltd.'s patents?

Valqua, Ltd.'s patents average 3.0 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 Valqua, Ltd. 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

Valqua, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 67 granted patents across 32 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: F16J (Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Valqua ranks #5,189 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 67 patents across 32 technology areas.

#5,189
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.3/100): 3.0
avg claims per patent: +588%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5189 · Foreign Corporation #5,189 · 67 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 67 grants
UPPER-Q #5,189/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Decor Pty
CPC-FOCUS F16J · 32 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +588% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Decor Corporation Pty. Ltd. (±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
7AC · near

39
Aruze Gaming America · near

39
Mivi Neuroscience · near

39
Qnovia · near

39
Valqua · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Valqua's Innovation Score is 39.3/100 (top 38% 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 Valqua's grants concentrate

Valqua, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 16.4% of grants classified under F16J (Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (23 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Valqua sits between Tibco Software Inc. and Aixtron SE.

Valqua's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Valqua, Ltd. moved from 43 to 19 grants (0.44x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Tibco Software

67
Tumi

67
The Decor Pty

67
The United States…

67
Webroot

67
Warrior Sports

67
Zhejiang Cfmoto P…

67
Valqua ◀

67
Aixtron SE

66

What this shows Valqua holds 67 patents at rank #5,189, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Valqua

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,189 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16J (Pistons)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Valqua, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16J (Pistons), Valqua ranks #66 of 753 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Aruze Gaming America, Inc. 39 7AC Technologies, Inc. 39 Mivi Neuroscience, Inc. 39 Qnovia, Inc. 39

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (3.0 here).

Aston Martin Lagonda Limited 3.0 avg Ideastream Consumer Products, LLC 3.0 avg Shenzhen Intellirocks Tech. Co., Ltd. 3.0 avg Anker Innovations Technology Co., Ltd. 3.0 avg

Valqua's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Valqua, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	1.5%
2019	7	10.4%
2020	13	19.4%
2021	23	34.3%
2022	8	11.9%
2023	6	9.0%
2024	5	7.5%
2025partial year	4	6.0%

Which technologies does Valqua, Ltd. patent most?

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 11

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 6

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 6

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 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

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 2

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

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

Top 15 of 32 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,189

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

39.3 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

Valqua, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Valqua, Ltd.'s lead technology class is F16J (Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings), 16.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16J
Ranked #5,189 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Valqua, Ltd. against Tibco Software Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.