Where does VBC Tracy LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), VBC Tracy LLC ranks #43,907 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 VBC Tracy LLC hold?

VBC Tracy LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2023, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is VBC Tracy LLC's Innovation Score?

VBC Tracy LLC has an Innovation Score of 48.8 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is VBC Tracy LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for VBC Tracy LLC.

What does claim depth mean for VBC Tracy LLC's patents?

VBC Tracy LLC's patents average 14.7 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 VBC Tracy 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 Federal Government

VBC Tracy LLC

Q: What technology areas does VBC Tracy LLC focus on?

VBC Tracy LLC's top technology area is E04B (General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings) with 2 patents, ranking #414 of 849 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2023. 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: E04B (General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, VBC ranks #43,907 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 14 technology areas.

#43,907
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.8/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43907 · US Federal Government #43,907 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USGOV · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,907/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Valgroup
CPC-FOCUS E04B · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USGOV US Federal Gov
SPAN-YRS 2022–2023 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Valgroup S.A. (±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 VBC’s 48.8 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 6.7 pts (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 13.2 pts (27%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
VBC Tracy · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows VBC's Innovation Score is 48.8/100 (top 16% 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 VBC?

Each dot is one of VBC’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). VBC’s own 14.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where VBC's grants concentrate

VBC Tracy LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under E04B (General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, VBC sits between Valgroup S.A. and Venice Gravity Worx, Inc..

VBC's three-year grant acceleration

VBC Tracy LLC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Valgroup

6
Valiantx

6
Vamco Internation…

6
Vapor PIN Enterpr…

6
VE Vienna Enginee…

6
Vectorious Medical

6
Veja Fair Trade S…

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Venice Gravity Wo…

6
VBC Tracy ◀

6

What this shows VBC holds 6 patents at rank #43,863, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near VBC

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,863 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04B (General Building Constructions)

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

VBC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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VBC Tracy LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	4	66.7%
2023	2	33.3%

Which technologies does VBC Tracy LLC patent most?

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 2

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 2

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 2

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Top 14 of 14 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

VBC Tracy LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

VBC Tracy LLC's lead technology class is E04B (General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04B
Ranked #43,907 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare VBC Tracy LLC against Valgroup S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.8/100 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.