Where does Velcro IP Holdings LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Velcro IP Holdings LLC ranks #10,219 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 IP Holdings LLC hold?

Velcro IP Holdings LLC holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Velcro IP Holdings LLC's Innovation Score?

Velcro IP Holdings LLC has an Innovation Score of 57.9 out of 100 (top 5% 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 IP Holdings LLC focus on?

Velcro IP Holdings LLC's top technology area is A44B (Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like) with 24 patents, ranking #6 of 276 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Velcro IP Holdings LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Velcro IP Holdings LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Velcro IP Holdings LLC's patents?

Velcro IP Holdings LLC's patents average 18.0 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 IP Holdings 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

Velcro IP Holdings LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: A44B (Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Velcro ranks #10,219 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 24 technology areas.

#10,219
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.9/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10219 · US Corporation #10,219 · 31 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,219/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ValiMail
CPC-FOCUS A44B · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ValiMail 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 57.9 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 12.0 pts (21%) Velocity 17.8 pts (31%) Breadth 17.3 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ethernovia · near

58
UNIVERSITÉ Libre DE… · near

58
Velcro IP Holdings · this assignee

58
Welch Allyn · near

58
Cerence Operating · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Velcro's Innovation Score is 57.9/100 (top 5% 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 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 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 IP Holdings LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 77.4% of grants classified under A44B (Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (8 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2023. By volume, Velcro sits between Vision X Asia Co., Ltd. and Volvik Inc..

Velcro's three-year grant acceleration

Velcro IP Holdings LLC shows 16 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Vision X Asia

31
Voco

31
Vodafone Group

31
Valimail

31
Veroscience

31
Visy R & D Pty

31
Vita Zahnfabrik H…

31
Volvik

31
Velcro IP Holdings ◀

31

What this shows Velcro holds 31 patents at rank #10,221, 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 #10,221 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A44B (Buttons)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Velcro, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A44B (Buttons), Velcro ranks #6 of 276 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

UNIVERSITÉ Libre DE Bruxelles 58 Welch Allyn, Inc. 58 Cerence Operating Company 58 Ethernovia Inc. 58

Velcro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Velcro IP Holdings LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	6	19.4%
2022	5	16.1%
2023	3	9.7%
2024	8	25.8%
2025partial year	9	29.0%

Which technologies does Velcro IP Holdings LLC patent most?

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 24

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 22

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 11

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 6

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 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 3

D04B - Knitting 2

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 2

E04D - Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools 2

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 2

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

Top 15 of 24 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Velcro IP Holdings LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Velcro IP Holdings LLC's lead technology class is A44B (Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like), 77.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A44B
Ranked #10,219 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Velcro IP Holdings LLC against Vision X Asia Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.9/100 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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