Where does Vandewiele NV rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vandewiele NV ranks #13,766 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 Vandewiele NV hold?

Vandewiele NV holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Vandewiele NV's Innovation Score?

Vandewiele NV has an Innovation Score of 38.9 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Vandewiele NV focus on?

Vandewiele NV's top technology area is D05C (EMBROIDERING; Tufting) with 14 patents, ranking #7 of 48 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vandewiele NV's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vandewiele NV's recent grant velocity is +850% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Vandewiele NV's patents?

Vandewiele NV's patents average 13.3 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 Vandewiele NV 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

Vandewiele NV

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: D05C (EMBROIDERING; Tufting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vandewiele ranks #13,766 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 10 technology areas.

#13,766
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.9/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: +850%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13766 · Foreign Corporation #13,766 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,766/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vascular Pathways
CPC-FOCUS D05C · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +850% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vascular Pathways, 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 Vandewiele’s 38.9 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 10.8 pts (28%) Velocity 8.9 pts (23%) Breadth 11.2 pts (29%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Vandewiele · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vandewiele's Innovation Score is 38.9/100 (top 40% 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 Vandewiele?

Each dot is one of Vandewiele’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). Vandewiele’s own 13.3 claims/patent is at or below the 14.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Vandewiele's grants concentrate

Vandewiele NV is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 63.6% of grants classified under D05C (EMBROIDERING; Tufting). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Vandewiele sits between Viant AS&O Holdings, LLC and Vinyl Development LLC.

Vandewiele's three-year grant acceleration

Vandewiele NV shows 12 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.

Viant AS&O Holdin…

22
Vishay General Se…

22
Vode Lighting

22
Vtech

22
Vascular Pathways

22
Veolia Water

22
Vhernier S p A

22
Vinyl Development

22
Vandewiele ◀

22

What this shows Vandewiele holds 22 patents at rank #13,769, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vandewiele

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,769 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D05C (Embroidering)

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

Vandewiele's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Vandewiele NV patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	9.1%
2020	2	9.1%
2021	5	22.7%
2022	3	13.6%
2023	6	27.3%
2024	3	13.6%
2025partial year	1	4.5%

Which technologies does Vandewiele NV patent most?

D05C - EMBROIDERING; Tufting 14

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 8

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 4

D05B - Sewing 2

D03J - Auxiliary Weaving APPARATUS; Weavers' TOOLS; Shuttles 2

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

D03C - Shedding MECHANISMS; Pattern Cards OR CHAINS; Punching OF CARDS; Designing Patterns 1

D02H - Warping, Beaming OR Leasing 1

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 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

Vandewiele NV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vandewiele NV's lead technology class is D05C (EMBROIDERING; Tufting), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D05C
Ranked #13,766 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vandewiele NV against Viant AS&O Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.9/100 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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