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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Velocys, Inc. ranks #8,143 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 Velocys, Inc. hold?

Velocys, Inc. holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Velocys, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Velocys, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.8 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Velocys, Inc. focus on?

Velocys, Inc.'s top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 37 patents, ranking #121 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

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

Velocys, 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 Velocys, Inc.'s patents?

Velocys, Inc.'s patents average 28.8 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 Velocys, 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

Velocys, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 26 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Velocys ranks #8,143 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 26 technology areas.

#8,143
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.8/100): 28.8
avg claims per patent: -82%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8143 · US Corporation #8,143 · 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 #8,143/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vacon OY
CPC-FOCUS B01J · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 28.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -82% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vacon OY (±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 Velocys’s 47.8 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 (27%) Velocity 1.9 pts (4%) Breadth 18.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Muehlbauer & KG · near

48
Green Wave Power… · near

48
Honeywell · near

48
Velocys · this assignee

48
Vonage Business · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Velocys's Innovation Score is 47.8/100 (top 18% 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 Velocys?

Each dot is one of Velocys’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). Velocys’s own 28.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Velocys's grants concentrate

Velocys, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 92.5% of grants classified under B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Velocys sits between Vacon OY and X-Card Holdings, LLC.

Velocys's three-year grant acceleration

Velocys, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Vacon OY

40
Velo3d

40
Vasona Networks

40
Vector Products

40
Veran Medical

40
Volta Charging

40
Walter R Tucker E…

40
X-card Holdings

40
Velocys ◀

40

What this shows Velocys holds 40 patents at rank #8,141, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Velocys

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,141 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Velocys, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes), Velocys ranks #121 of 2,755 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Honeywell Limited 48 Vonage Business Inc. 48 Green Wave Power Systems LLC 48 Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG 48

Velocys's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% 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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Velocys, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	22.5%
2016	10	25.0%
2017	4	10.0%
2018	7	17.5%
2019	3	7.5%
2020	4	10.0%
2023	2	5.0%
2025partial year	1	2.5%

Which technologies does Velocys, Inc. patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 37

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 20

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 17

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 13

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 12

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 10

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 7

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 6

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 6

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 5

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 4

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 3

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 2

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

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

Top 15 of 26 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

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

Velocys, Inc.'s lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 92.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #8,143 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Velocys, Inc. against Vacon OY, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.8/100 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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