Where does Vaon, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vaon, LLC ranks #20,589 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 Vaon, LLC hold?

Vaon, LLC holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2022, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Vaon, LLC's Innovation Score?

Vaon, LLC has an Innovation Score of 36.5 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Vaon, LLC focus on?

Vaon, LLC's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 8 patents, ranking #1,791 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vaon, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vaon, LLC's recent grant velocity is +1200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Vaon, LLC's patents?

Vaon, LLC's patents average 15.9 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 Vaon, LLC 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

Vaon, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vaon ranks #20,589 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 17 technology areas.

#20,589
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: +1200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20589 · US Corporation #20,589 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,589/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Upsher-Smith…
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Upsher-Smith Laboratories, 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 Vaon’s 36.5 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 (26%) Velocity 3.0 pts (8%) Breadth 14.6 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Vaon · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Vaon's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (top 46% 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 Vaon?

Each dot is one of Vaon’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). Vaon’s own 15.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Vaon's grants concentrate

Vaon, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Vaon sits between Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC and Viessmann Werke GMBH & Co. KG.

Vaon's three-year grant acceleration

Vaon, LLC shows 4 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.

Upsher-smith Labo…

14
Vade Secure

14
Val-chum Partners…

14
Vanadis Diagnosti…

14
Verint Systems UK

14
Versa Power Syste…

14
Vesuvius Crucible

14
Viessmann Werke &…

14
Vaon ◀

14

What this shows Vaon holds 14 patents at rank #20,580, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vaon

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,580 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Vaon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2022

Grants by year

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

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Vaon, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	7.1%
2020	5	35.7%
2021	4	28.6%
2022	4	28.6%

Which technologies does Vaon, LLC patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 4

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 1

B23B - TURNING; Boring 1

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Vaon, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vaon, LLC's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #20,589 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vaon, LLC against Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 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.