Vanair Manufacturing, Inc.
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 16 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: B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashb).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Vanair ranks #38,155 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 16 technology areas.
- #38,155
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 9%
- by Innovation Score (53.4/100)
- 20.1
- avg claims per patent
- +100%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R38155 · US Corporation #38,155 · 7 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
- LOWER-Q #38,155/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH VAF Industries
- CPC-FOCUS B60K · 16 areas
- INNOV-PAR 53.4/100
- CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-SURGE +100% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: VAF Industries, 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 Vanair’s 53.4 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Vanair
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Vanair Manufacturing · this assignee
Vanair Manufacturing · this assignee
53 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Vanair's Innovation Score is 53.4/100 (top 9% 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 Vanair?
Each dot is one of Vanair’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). Vanair’s own 20.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Vanair's grants concentrate
Vanair Manufacturing, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashb). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Vanair sits between VAF Industries, LLC and Vasopharm GMBH.
Vanair's three-year grant acceleration
Vanair Manufacturing, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.
Who files at Vanair's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- VAF Industries
VAF Industries, LLC
7 patents
- VAG—Armaturen
VAG—ARMATUREN GMBH
7 patents
- Valbiotis
Valbiotis
7 patents
- Valinge Photocata…
Valinge Photocatalytic AB
7 patents
- Vanner
Vanner, Inc.
7 patents
- Vaporous
Vaporous Technologies, Inc.
7 patents
- Vartega
Vartega Inc.
7 patents
- Vasopharm
Vasopharm GMBH
7 patents
- Vanair Manufactur… ◀
Vanair Manufacturing, Inc.
7 patents
What this shows Vanair holds 7 patents at rank #38,124, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Vanair
By rank, the assignees closest to #38,124 in granted patent volume.
- VAF Industries, LLC #38,120 · 7 patents
- VAG—ARMATUREN GMBH #38,121 · 7 patents
- Valbiotis #38,122 · 7 patents
- Valinge Photocatalytic AB #38,123 · 7 patents
- Vanner, Inc. #38,125 · 7 patents
- Vaporous Technologies, Inc. #38,126 · 7 patents
- Vartega Inc. #38,127 · 7 patents
- Vasopharm GMBH #38,128 · 7 patents
Leaders in B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmi…)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Vanair's primary technology class.
- Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha 2,885 in class
- Ford Global Technologies, LLC 2,130 in class
- Hyundai Motor Company 1,865 in class
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 1,447 in class
- KIA Motors Corporation 940 in class
- GM Global Technology Operations LLC 836 in class
- Denso Corporation 701 in class
- Audi AG 511 in class
Vanair's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 14.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 14.3% |
| 2022 | 2 | 28.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 14.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 14.3% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 14.3% |
Which technologies does Vanair Manufacturing, Inc. patent most?
Top 15 of 16 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Vanair Manufacturing, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Vanair Manufacturing, Inc.'s lead technology class is B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashb), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60K
- Ranked #38,155 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Vanair Manufacturing, Inc. against VAF Industries, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 53.4/100 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.
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.