Where does Variation Biotechnologies Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Variation Biotechnologies Inc. ranks #17,332 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 Variation Biotechnologies Inc. hold?

Variation Biotechnologies Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Variation Biotechnologies Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Variation Biotechnologies Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.4 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Variation Biotechnologies Inc. focus on?

Variation Biotechnologies Inc.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 17 patents, ranking #1,331 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Variation Biotechnologies Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Variation Biotechnologies Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Variation Biotechnologies Inc.'s patents?

Variation Biotechnologies Inc.'s patents average 19.0 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 Variation Biotechnologies 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 Foreign Corporation

Variation Biotechnologies Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Variation ranks #17,332 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 8 technology areas.

#17,332
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.4/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17332 · Foreign Corporation #17,332 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,332/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vacuworx Global
CPC-NARROW A61K · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -40% 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 Variation’s 36.4 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 10.0 pts (27%) Velocity 5.0 pts (14%) Breadth 10.0 pts (27%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Variation's Innovation Score is 36.4/100 (top 47% 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 Variation?

Each dot is one of Variation’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). Variation’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Variation's grants concentrate

Variation Biotechnologies Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Variation sits between Visual Photonics Expitaxy Co., Ltd and Ventech Solutions, Inc..

Variation's three-year grant acceleration

Variation Biotechnologies 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.

Visual Photonics…

17
Vacuworx Global

17
Value-added Commu…

17
Varel Europe S

17
Vascutek

17
Vector Atomic

17
Venetec Internati…

17
Ventech Solutions

17
Variation Biotech… ◀

17

What this shows Variation holds 17 patents at rank #17,338, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Variation

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,338 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Variation's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Variation Biotechnologies Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	5	29.4%
2018	4	23.5%
2019	1	5.9%
2020	1	5.9%
2021	2	11.8%
2022	2	11.8%
2024	1	5.9%
2025partial year	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Variation Biotechnologies Inc. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 17

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 16

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 14

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 8

C07K - Peptides 8

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 2

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Variation Biotechnologies Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Variation Biotechnologies Inc.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #17,332 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Variation Biotechnologies Inc. against Visual Photonics Expitaxy Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.4/100 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.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

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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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