Overall rank by patents
#18,258
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 3 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: H04L (TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Vectra ranks #18,258 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 3 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R18258 · US Corporation #18,258 · 16 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Valco Instruments Company, Inc. (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Vectra Networks · this assignee
31 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Vectra Networks, Inc. stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-DENSE, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #18,258 of 50,000; Innovation Score 30.9/100 sits in the top 64% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Valco Instruments Company, Inc. (±0 grants).
Vectra Networks, Inc. has been granted 16 US utility patents between 2016 and 2021, placing Vectra Networks, Inc. at #18,258 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 3 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 25.0 claims per patent with primary concentration in H04L (TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION). As a US Corporation, Vectra Networks, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Vectra sits between Valco Instruments Company, Inc. (16 patents, rank #18,259) and Versata, Inc. (16 patents, rank #18,267) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 30.9/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 2 grants, compared with 14 in the 2015–2019 window, a -86% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Vectra Networks, Inc.'s 25.0 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 3 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Valco Instruments Company, Inc.
16 patents
ValenTx, Inc.
16 patents
Vapor Technologies, Inc.
16 patents
VeEX Inc.
16 patents
Venus Concept Inc.
16 patents
Veracyte, Inc.
16 patents
Vermont Slate & Copper Services, Inc.
16 patents
Versata, Inc.
16 patents
Vectra Networks, Inc.
16 patents
What this shows Vectra holds 16 patents at rank #18,263, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #18,263 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Vectra's primary technology class.
Vectra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
31 Top 64% higher than 36% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2017 | 6 | 37.5% |
| 2018 | 5 | 31.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 6.3% |
Top 3 of 3 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#18,258
of 50,000 tracked assignees
30.9 out of 100
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