Where does Velcro Industries B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Velcro Industries B.V. ranks #27,759 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 Velcro Industries B.V. hold?

Velcro Industries B.V. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Velcro Industries B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Velcro Industries B.V. has an Innovation Score of 33.9 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Velcro Industries B.V. focus on?

Velcro Industries B.V.'s top technology area is A44B (Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like) with 7 patents, ranking #27 of 276 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Velcro Industries B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Velcro Industries B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Velcro Industries B.V.'s patents?

Velcro Industries B.V.'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 Velcro Industries B.V. 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

Velcro Industries B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: A44B (Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Velcro ranks #27,759 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 16 technology areas.

#27,759
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.9/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27759 · Foreign Corporation #27,759 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,759/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH VastView Technology
CPC-FOCUS A44B · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: VastView Technology 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 Velcro’s 33.9 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 8.3 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.1 pts (42%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Velcro Industries B V · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Velcro's Innovation Score is 33.9/100 (46th percentile 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 Velcro?

Each dot is one of Velcro’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). Velcro’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Velcro's grants concentrate

Velcro Industries B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 70% of grants classified under A44B (Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Velcro sits between VastView Technology Inc. and Verbit Software Ltd..

Vastview Technolo…

10
Vaughn Gittin Jr…

10
Vaximm

10
Veiovia

10
Velocity Magnetics

10
Ventus Engineering

10
Verasonics

10
Verbit Software

10
Velcro Industries… ◀

10

What this shows Velcro holds 10 patents at rank #27,767, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Velcro

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,767 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A44B (Buttons)

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

Velcro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Velcro Industries B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	90.0%
2016	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Velcro Industries B.V. patent most?

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 7

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

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

D06N - Wall, Floor, OR Like Covering Materials, e.g. Linoleum, Oilcloth, Artificial Leather, Roofing Felt, Consisting OF A Fibrous WEB Coated With A Layer OF Macromolecular MATERIAL; Flexible Sheet Material NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 1

D06B - Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases OR Vapours 1

D04B - Knitting 1

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 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

Velcro Industries B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Velcro Industries B.V.'s lead technology class is A44B (Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like), 70% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A44B
Ranked #27,759 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Velcro Industries B.V. against VastView Technology Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.9/100 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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