Where does Value-Added Communications, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Value-Added Communications, Inc. ranks #17,330 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 Value-Added Communications, Inc. hold?

Value-Added Communications, Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Value-Added Communications, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Value-Added Communications, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.7 out of 100 (39th 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 Value-Added Communications, Inc. focus on?

Value-Added Communications, Inc.'s top technology area is H04M (Telephonic Communication) with 17 patents, ranking #291 of 2,488 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Value-Added Communications, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Value-Added Communications, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -69% 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 Value-Added Communications, Inc.'s patents?

Value-Added Communications, Inc.'s patents average 19.5 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 Value-Added Communications, 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

Value-Added Communications, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H04M (Telephonic Communication).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Value-added ranks #17,330 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 2 technology areas.

#17,330
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.7/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: -69%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17330 · US Corporation #17,330 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,330/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vacuworx Global
CPC-NARROW H04M · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -69% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vacuworx Global, LLC (±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 Value-added’s 31.7 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 10.0 pts (32%) Velocity 5.0 pts (16%) Breadth 5.0 pts (16%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Value-Added… · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Value-added's Innovation Score is 31.7/100 (39th 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 Value-added?

Each dot is one of Value-added’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). Value-added’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 19.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Value-added's grants concentrate

Value-Added Communications, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04M (Telephonic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Value-added sits between Vertiv IT Systems, Inc. and Vector Atomic, Inc..

Value-added's three-year grant acceleration

Value-Added Communications, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Vertiv IT Systems

17
Viavi Solutions D…

17
Visual Photonics…

17
Vacuworx Global

17
Varel Europe S

17
Variation Biotech…

17
Vascutek

17
Vector Atomic

17
Value-added Commu… ◀

17

What this shows Value-Added holds 17 patents at rank #17,336, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Value-Added

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,336 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04M (Telephonic Communication)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Value-Added's primary technology class.

Value-added's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

View data table

Value-Added Communications, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	17.6%
2016	2	11.8%
2017	2	11.8%
2018	3	17.6%
2019	3	17.6%
2020	1	5.9%
2022	1	5.9%
2024	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Value-Added Communications, Inc. patent most?

H04M - Telephonic Communication 17

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Value-Added Communications, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Value-Added Communications, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04M (Telephonic Communication), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04M
Ranked #17,330 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Value-Added Communications, Inc. against Vertiv IT Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.7/100 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.