Where does Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O. ranks #4,928 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 Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O. hold?

Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O. holds 71 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O.'s Innovation Score?

Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O. has an Innovation Score of 43.1 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O.'s recent grant velocity is -27% 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 Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O.'s patents?

Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O.'s patents average 13.2 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 Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O. 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

Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O.

Q: What technology areas does Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O. focus on?

Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O.'s top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 58 patents, ranking #33 of 1,094 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 71 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Varroc ranks #4,928 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 29 technology areas.

#4,928
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.1/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: -27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4928 · Foreign Corporation #4,928 · 71 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 71 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,928/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Universite de Lorraine
CPC-FOCUS F21S · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Universite de Lorraine (±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 Varroc’s 43.1 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 14.8 pts (34%) Velocity 1.3 pts (3%) Breadth 19.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Océ Holding B V · near

43
Pari Pharma · near

43
Security People · near

43
Varroc Lighting… · this assignee

43
Volta Charging · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Varroc's Innovation Score is 43.1/100 (top 29% 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 Varroc?

Each dot is one of Varroc’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). Varroc’s own 13.2 claims/patent is at or below the 14.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Varroc's grants concentrate

Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 81.7% of grants classified under F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (18 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Varroc sits between University OF Science AND Technology OF China and Alpha Networks Inc..

Varroc's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O. moved from 40 to 8 grants (0.20x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

University OF Sci…

71
Unverferth Manufa…

71
Universite de Lor…

71
University of Lee…

71
Yuan MEI

71
Ypsomed

71
Varroc Lighting S… ◀

71
Aeye

70
Alpha Networks

70

What this shows Varroc holds 71 patents at rank #4,928, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Varroc

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,928 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Varroc, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices), Varroc ranks #33 of 1,094 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Océ Holding B.V. 43 Volta Charging, LLC 43 Security People, Inc. 43 Pari Pharma GmbH 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.2 here).

Mbda France 13.2 avg Telefónica, S.A 13.2 avg Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. 13.2 avg Norma Germany GMBH 13.2 avg

Varroc's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	2.8%
2016	4	5.6%
2017	11	15.5%
2018	6	8.5%
2019	18	25.4%
2020	12	16.9%
2021	10	14.1%
2022	5	7.0%
2023	3	4.2%

Which technologies does Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O. patent most?

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 58

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 28

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 24

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 11

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 9

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 7

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

H04B - Transmission 2

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

Top 15 of 29 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

Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O.'s lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 81.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #4,928 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O. against University OF Science AND Technology OF China, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.1/100 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

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