Where does Vascutek Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vascutek Limited ranks #17,334 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 Vascutek Limited hold?

Vascutek Limited holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Vascutek Limited's Innovation Score?

Vascutek Limited has an Innovation Score of 49.7 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Vascutek Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vascutek Limited's recent grant velocity is +67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Vascutek Limited's patents?

Vascutek Limited's patents average 19.6 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 Vascutek Limited 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

Vascutek Limited

Q: What technology areas does Vascutek Limited focus on?

Vascutek Limited's top technology area is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs) with 15 patents, ranking #428 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 5 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: A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vascutek ranks #17,334 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 5 technology areas.

#17,334
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.7/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17334 · Foreign Corporation #17,334 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,334/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vacuworx Global
CPC-NARROW A61F · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +67% 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 Vascutek’s 49.7 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 (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 7.9 pts (16%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Vascutek · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vascutek's Innovation Score is 49.7/100 (top 14% 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 Vascutek?

Each dot is one of Vascutek’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). Vascutek’s own 19.6 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.

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

Where Vascutek's grants concentrate

Vascutek Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 88.2% of grants classified under A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Vascutek sits between Vacuworx Global, LLC and Veoneer Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd..

Vascutek's three-year grant acceleration

Vascutek Limited shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Vacuworx Global

17
Value-added Commu…

17
Varel Europe S

17
Variation Biotech…

17
Vector Atomic

17
Venetec Internati…

17
Ventech Solutions

17
Veoneer Nissin Br…

17
Vascutek ◀

17

What this shows Vascutek holds 17 patents at rank #17,339, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vascutek

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,339 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Vascutek's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Vascutek Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	11.8%
2017	1	5.9%
2018	2	11.8%
2019	1	5.9%
2021	1	5.9%
2022	3	17.6%
2023	1	5.9%
2024	5	29.4%
2025partial year	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Vascutek Limited patent most?

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 15

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 1

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Vascutek Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vascutek Limited's lead technology class is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device), 88.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #17,334 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vascutek Limited against Vacuworx Global, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.7/100 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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