Where does Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC ranks #17,336 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 Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC hold?

Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC's Innovation Score?

Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC has an Innovation Score of 36.1 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC focus on?

Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC's top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 11 patents, ranking #891 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC's recent grant velocity is -79% 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 Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC's patents?

Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC's patents average 21.5 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 Veeco Precision Surface Processing 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

Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Veeco ranks #17,336 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 14 technology areas.

#17,336
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.1/100): 21.5
avg claims per patent: -79%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17336 · US Corporation #17,336 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,336/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Urben
CPC-FOCUS H01L · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -79% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Urben Technologies Limited (±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 Veeco’s 36.1 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 10.0 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (36%)

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Veeco's Innovation Score is 36.1/100 (top 47% 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 Veeco?

Each dot is one of Veeco’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). Veeco’s own 21.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Veeco's grants concentrate

Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 64.7% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Veeco sits between Urben Technologies Limited and Vertiv Energy Systems, Inc..

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What this shows Veeco holds 17 patents at rank #17,327, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Veeco

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,327 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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

Veeco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

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

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Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	5.9%
2017	4	23.5%
2018	3	17.6%
2019	6	35.3%
2020	3	17.6%

Which technologies does Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 11

B01D - Separation 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 2

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

F28C - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media Come Into Direct Contact Without Chemical Interaction 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 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

Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC's lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 64.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #17,336 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Veeco Precision Surface Processing LLC against Urben Technologies Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.1/100 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

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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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