Where does Velo3d, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Velo3d, Inc. ranks #8,142 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 Velo3d, Inc. hold?

Velo3d, Inc. holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Velo3d, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Velo3d, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.5 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Velo3d, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Velo3d, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -82% 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 Velo3d, Inc.'s patents?

Velo3d, Inc.'s patents average 28.6 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 Velo3d, 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

Velo3d, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Velo3d, Inc. focus on?

Velo3d, Inc.'s top technology area is B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering) with 38 patents, ranking #57 of 1,250 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Velo3d ranks #8,142 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 18 technology areas.

#8,142
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.5/100): 28.6
avg claims per patent: -82%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8142 · US Corporation #8,142 · 40 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #8,142/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Universite de…
CPC-FOCUS B33Y · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 28.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -82% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (±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 Velo3d’s 43.5 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 12.8 pts (29%) Velocity 0.7 pts (2%) Breadth 15.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cercacor Laboratories · near

44
Kumiai Chemical… · near

44
Neuboron Medtech · near

44
Vaxcel International · near

44
Velo3d · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Velo3d's Innovation Score is 43.5/100 (top 28% 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 Velo3d?

Each dot is one of Velo3d’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). Velo3d’s own 28.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Velo3d vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Velo3d's grants concentrate

Velo3d, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 95% of grants classified under B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Velo3d sits between University OF Mississippi and Veran Medical Technologies, Inc..

Velo3d's three-year grant acceleration

Velo3d, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

University OF Mis…

40
Universite de Ver…

40
Unomedical A/S

40
Vacon OY

40
Vasona Networks

40
Vector Products

40
Velocys

40
Veran Medical

40
Velo3d ◀

40

What this shows Velo3d holds 40 patents at rank #8,138, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Velo3d

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,138 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B33Y (Additive Manufacturing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Velo3d's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Velo3d, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B33Y (Additive Manufacturing), Velo3d ranks #57 of 1,250 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. 44 Vaxcel International Co., Ltd. 44 Neuboron Medtech Ltd. 44 Cercacor Laboratories, Inc. 44

Velo3d's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Velo3d, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	5	12.5%
2017	6	15.0%
2018	7	17.5%
2019	15	37.5%
2020	3	7.5%
2021	1	2.5%
2024	2	5.0%
2025partial year	1	2.5%

Which technologies does Velo3d, Inc. patent most?

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 38

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 38

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 37

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 33

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 30

B28B - Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 30

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 24

C22C - Alloys 19

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 18

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 11

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 11

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 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

B01D - Separation 2

B04C - Apparatus Using Free Vortex Flow, e.g. Cyclones 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Velo3d, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Velo3d, Inc.'s lead technology class is B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ), 95% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B33Y
Ranked #8,142 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Velo3d, Inc. against University OF Mississippi, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.5/100 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

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