Where does Vectura Delivery Devices Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vectura Delivery Devices Limited ranks #10,813 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 Vectura Delivery Devices Limited hold?

Vectura Delivery Devices Limited holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Vectura Delivery Devices Limited's Innovation Score?

Vectura Delivery Devices Limited has an Innovation Score of 35.5 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Vectura Delivery Devices Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vectura Delivery Devices Limited's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Vectura Delivery Devices Limited's patents?

Vectura Delivery Devices Limited's patents average 12.5 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 Vectura Delivery Devices 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

Vectura Delivery Devices Limited

Q: What technology areas does Vectura Delivery Devices Limited focus on?

Vectura Delivery Devices Limited's top technology area is 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) with 23 patents, ranking #320 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vectura ranks #10,813 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 6 technology areas.

#10,813
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.5/100): 12.5
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10813 · Foreign Corporation #10,813 · 29 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,813/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Universite DE Poitiers
CPC-NARROW A61M · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Universite DE Poitiers (±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 Vectura’s 35.5 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 11.7 pts (33%) Velocity 7.6 pts (21%) Breadth 8.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Canon Nanotechnologies · near

36
Jiaxing Jackson… · near

36
Pi-Design · near

36
Vectura Delivery… · this assignee

36
Whirlpool Emea S p A · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vectura's Innovation Score is 35.5/100 (top 49% 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 Vectura?

Each dot is one of Vectura’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). Vectura’s own 12.5 claims/patent is at or below the 14.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Vectura's grants concentrate

Vectura Delivery Devices Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 79.3% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Vectura sits between Universite DE Poitiers and ViiV Healthcare Company.

Vectura's three-year grant acceleration

Vectura Delivery Devices Limited shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Universite DE Poi…

29
Unlimiter MFA

29
Upside Foods

29
Valeo Kapec

29
Volvo Penta

29
Valo Health

29
Vector Launch

29
Viiv Healthcare

29
Vectura Delivery… ◀

29

What this shows Vectura holds 29 patents at rank #10,810, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vectura

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,810 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vectura, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), Vectura ranks #320 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Canon Nanotechnologies, Inc. 36 Jiaxing Jackson Travel Products Co., Ltd. 36 Whirlpool Emea S.p.A. 36 Pi-Design AG 36

Vectura's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

Vectura Delivery Devices Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	13.8%
2016	3	10.3%
2018	2	6.9%
2019	3	10.3%
2020	1	3.4%
2021	3	10.3%
2022	3	10.3%
2023	1	3.4%
2024	4	13.8%
2025partial year	5	17.2%

Which technologies does Vectura Delivery Devices Limited patent most?

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 23

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

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 2

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

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

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Vectura Delivery Devices Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vectura Delivery Devices Limited's lead technology class is 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), 79.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #10,813 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vectura Delivery Devices Limited against Universite DE Poitiers, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.5/100 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.