Where does VCE IP Holding Company LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), VCE IP Holding Company LLC ranks #3,488 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 IP Holding Company LLC hold?

VCE IP Holding Company LLC holds 106 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is VCE IP Holding Company LLC's Innovation Score?

VCE IP Holding Company LLC has an Innovation Score of 40.8 out of 100 (top 35% 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 IP Holding Company LLC focus on?

VCE IP Holding Company LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 73 patents, ranking #703 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

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

VCE IP Holding Company LLC's recent grant velocity is -86% 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 IP Holding Company LLC's patents?

VCE IP Holding Company LLC's patents average 17.5 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 IP Holding 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 IP Holding Company LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 106 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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 #3,488 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 106 patents across 16 technology areas.

#3,488
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.8/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3488 · US Corporation #3,488 · 106 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 106 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,488/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sulzer Mixpac
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sulzer Mixpac AG (±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 40.8 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 16.1 pts (40%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.1 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dick's Sporting Goods · near

41
Fallbrook Intellectu… · near

41
Sanyo Special Steel · near

41
Selig Sealing Products · near

41
VCE IP Holding · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows VCE's Innovation Score is 40.8/100 (top 35% 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 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 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 IP Holding Company LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 68.9% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (39 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, VCE sits between Sulzer Mixpac AG and Dionex Corporation.

Sulzer Mixpac

106
Technische Univer…

106
The Henry M Jacks…

106
University Of Del…

106
ZF Active Safety

106
VCE IP Holding ◀

106
24M

105
Beijing Kingsoft…

105
Dionex

105

What this shows VCE holds 106 patents at rank #3,488, 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 #3,488 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 #703 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC 41 Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. 41 Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd. 41 Selig Sealing Products, Inc. 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.5 here).

Mentor Acquisition One, LLC 17.5 avg Avalanche Technology, Inc. 17.5 avg Dialog Semiconductor Inc. 17.5 avg ACM Research (SHANGHAI), Inc. 17.5 avg

VCE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

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

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VCE IP Holding Company LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	1.9%
2017	19	17.9%
2018	39	36.8%
2019	33	31.1%
2020	11	10.4%
2021	2	1.9%

Which technologies does VCE IP Holding Company LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 73

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 46

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 12

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 9

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 4

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

H04Q - Selecting 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

Top 15 of 16 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 IP Holding Company LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

VCE IP Holding Company LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 68.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #3,488 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare VCE IP Holding Company LLC against Sulzer Mixpac AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.8/100 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

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