Where does VCE Company, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), VCE Company, LLC ranks #11,859 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 VCE Company, LLC hold?

VCE Company, LLC holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is VCE Company, LLC's Innovation Score?

VCE Company, LLC has an Innovation Score of 32.6 out of 100 (42nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does VCE Company, LLC focus on?

VCE Company, LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 22 patents, ranking #1,890 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

VCE Company, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 VCE Company, LLC's patents?

VCE Company, LLC's patents average 19.7 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 VCE Company, 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

VCE Company, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, VCE ranks #11,859 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 7 technology areas.

#11,859
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.6/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11859 · US Corporation #11,859 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,859/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH University of Pretoria
CPC-NARROW G06F · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: University of Pretoria (±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 VCE’s 32.6 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 11.4 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (29%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Abaxis · near

33
DynaEnergetics & KG · near

33
SpineSmith Partners · near

33
Tong Lung Metal… · near

33
VCE · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows VCE's Innovation Score is 32.6/100 (42nd percentile 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 VCE?

Each dot is one of VCE’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). VCE’s own 19.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where VCE's grants concentrate

VCE Company, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 84.6% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (14 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, VCE sits between University of Pretoria and Velico Medical Inc..

University of Pre…

26
Valvoline Licensi…

26
Vanchip (Tianjin)…

26
Vast Glory & Hard…

26
Vicis IP

26
Vuno

26
Vyaire Medical Co…

26
Velico Medical

26
VCE ◀

26

What this shows VCE holds 26 patents at rank #11,859, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near VCE

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,859 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for VCE, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), VCE ranks #1,890 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Abaxis, Inc. 33 DynaEnergetics GmbH & Co. KG 33 Tong Lung Metal Industry Co., Ltd. 33 SpineSmith Partners, L.P. 33

VCE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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VCE Company, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	23.1%
2016	14	53.8%
2017	4	15.4%
2018	2	7.7%

Which technologies does VCE Company, LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 22

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 15

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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

VCE Company, LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 84.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #11,859 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare VCE Company, LLC against University of Pretoria, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.6/100 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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