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).

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

28.8

Avg claims per patent

-82%

5-year grant velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Velocys ranks #8,143 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 26 technology areas.

#8,143
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.8/100): 28.8
avg claims per patent: -82%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Velocys, Inc. has been granted 40 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Velocys, Inc. at #8,143 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 26 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 28.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in B01J (CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS). As a US Corporation, Velocys, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Velocys sits between Vacon OY (40 patents, rank #8,137) and X-card Holdings, Llc (40 patents, rank #8,145) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 47.8/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 6 grants, compared with 33 in the 2015–2019 window, a -82% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Velocys, Inc.'s 28.8 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 26 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

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.

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 50,000 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

Grant record at a glance

Portfolio Volume 40 grants

CPC subclasses 26

Avg. claims / grant 28.8

Velocity -82%

Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#8,143

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

47.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Velocys, Inc. ranks #8,143 of 50,000 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. 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.

How to use this portfolio

Velocys's 40 grants land it in the top 18% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Velocys ranks #8,143 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in B01J - see who else leads that technology area. B01J leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.