Where does Velasa Sports, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Velasa Sports, Inc. ranks #15,742 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 Velasa Sports, Inc. hold?

Velasa Sports, Inc. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Velasa Sports, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Velasa Sports, Inc. 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 Velasa Sports, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Velasa Sports, Inc.'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 Velasa Sports, Inc.'s patents?

Velasa Sports, Inc.'s patents average 19.1 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 Velasa Sports, Inc. 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

Velasa Sports, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Velasa Sports, Inc. focus on?

Velasa Sports, Inc.'s top technology area is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents) with 17 patents, ranking #37 of 468 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 4 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: B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Velasa ranks #15,742 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 4 technology areas.

#15,742
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.5/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15742 · US Corporation #15,742 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,742/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Varentec
CPC-NARROW B24B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Varentec, 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.

How Velasa’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 10.3 pts (29%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 7.1 pts (20%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Delta Tooling · near

36
NEW World Medical · near

36
Tangible Play · near

36
Vanguard Packaging · near

36
Velasa Sports · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Velasa'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 Velasa?

Each dot is one of Velasa’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). Velasa’s own 19.1 claims/patent is at or below the 19.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Velasa's grants concentrate

Velasa Sports, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 89.5% of grants classified under B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Velasa sits between Viant Technology LLC and Viken Detection Corporation.

Velasa's three-year grant acceleration

Velasa Sports, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Viant Technology

19
Virnect

19
Vivaquant

19
Varentec

19
Vessix Vascular

19
Via Science

19
Videoamp

19
Viken Detection

19
Velasa Sports ◀

19

What this shows Velasa holds 19 patents at rank #15,742, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Velasa

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,742 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B24B (Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Velasa, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B24B (Machines), Velasa ranks #37 of 468 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

NEW World Medical, Inc. 36 Vanguard Packaging, LLC 36 Delta Tooling Co., Ltd. 36 Tangible Play, Inc. 36

Velasa'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

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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.

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Velasa Sports, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.3%
2016	4	21.1%
2017	4	21.1%
2018	3	15.8%
2019	2	10.5%
2024	2	10.5%
2025partial year	3	15.8%

Which technologies does Velasa Sports, Inc. patent most?

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 17

A63C - SKATES; SKIS; Roller SKATES; Design OR Layout OF Courts, Rinks OR THE Like 11

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 8

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

Top 4 of 4 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

Velasa Sports, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Velasa Sports, Inc.'s lead technology class is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents), 89.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B24B
Ranked #15,742 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Velasa Sports, Inc. against Viant Technology LLC, 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

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