Where does Valve Solutions, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Valve Solutions, Inc. ranks #20,584 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 Valve Solutions, Inc. hold?

Valve Solutions, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Valve Solutions, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Valve Solutions, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.9 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Valve Solutions, Inc. focus on?

Valve Solutions, Inc.'s top technology area is A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories) with 10 patents, ranking #28 of 376 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

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

Valve Solutions, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Valve Solutions, Inc.'s patents?

Valve Solutions, Inc.'s patents average 20.0 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 Valve Solutions, 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

Valve Solutions, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Valve ranks #20,584 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 10 technology areas.

#20,584
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (45.9/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20584 · US Corporation #20,584 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,584/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Van Zanten Plants B V
CPC-FOCUS A47K · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Van Zanten Plants B.V. (±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 Valve’s 45.9 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 9.4 pts (20%) Velocity 13.3 pts (29%) Breadth 11.2 pts (24%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Valve Solutions · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Valve's Innovation Score is 45.9/100 (top 22% 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 Valve?

Each dot is one of Valve’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). Valve’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Valve's grants concentrate

Valve Solutions, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Valve sits between Vista Water Group, LLC and Verdagy, Inc..

Valve's three-year grant acceleration

Valve Solutions, Inc. shows 8 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.

Vista Water Group

14
Vitop Moulding S…

14
Voip-pal COM

14
VPI

14
Van Zanten Plants…

14
Vangogh Imaging

14
Vantis Vascular

14
Verdagy

14
Valve Solutions ◀

14

What this shows Valve holds 14 patents at rank #20,590, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Valve

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,590 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47K (Sanitary Equipment)

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

Valve's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

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

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Valve Solutions, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	14.3%
2019	2	14.3%
2020	2	14.3%
2022	2	14.3%
2023	3	21.4%
2024	3	21.4%

Which technologies does Valve Solutions, Inc. patent most?

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 10

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 5

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 5

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 10 of 10 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

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

Valve Solutions, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47K
Ranked #20,584 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Valve Solutions, Inc. against Vista Water Group, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.9/100 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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