Where does Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. ranks #6,089 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 Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. hold?

Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. holds 56 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 62.1 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc.'s patents?

Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc.'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 Velodyne Lidar USA, 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

Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. focus on?

Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc.'s top technology area is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves) with 47 patents, ranking #134 of 3,153 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 56 granted patents across 25 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: G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Velodyne ranks #6,089 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 56 patents across 25 technology areas.

#6,089
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (62.1/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6089 · US Corporation #6,089 · 56 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 56 grants
UPPER-Q #6,089/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ugreen Group
CPC-FOCUS G01S · 25 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ugreen Group Limited (±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 Velodyne’s 62.1 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 14.0 pts (23%) Velocity 19.0 pts (31%) Breadth 17.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hanon Systems · near

62
Suzhou Lekin… · near

62
Quanta Computer · near

62
Velodyne Lidar USA · this assignee

62
Global Life… · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Velodyne's Innovation Score is 62.1/100 (top 3% 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 Velodyne?

Each dot is one of Velodyne’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). Velodyne’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Velodyne's grants concentrate

Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 83.9% of grants classified under G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (15 grants) versus a trough of 8 in 2022. By volume, Velodyne sits between Ultratec, Inc. and Voestalpine Stahl GmbH.

Velodyne's three-year grant acceleration

Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. shows 37 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Ultratec

56
UniversitÉ DE Lil…

56
Uptake

56
Ugreen Group

56
Vibrant Holdings

56
Viking Group

56
Vocollect

56
Voestalpine Stahl

56
Velodyne Lidar USA ◀

56

What this shows Velodyne holds 56 patents at rank #6,087, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Velodyne

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,087 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Velodyne, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01S (Radio Direction-finding), Velodyne ranks #134 of 3,153 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Quanta Computer Inc. 62 Suzhou Lekin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 62 Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC 62 Hanon Systems 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

Enlitic, Inc. 19.1 avg Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V. 19.1 avg Moxtek, Inc. 19.1 avg Fisher Controls International LLC 19.1 avg

Velodyne's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	13	23.2%
2022	8	14.3%
2023	14	25.0%
2024	15	26.8%
2025partial year	6	10.7%

Which technologies does Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. patent most?

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 47

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 7

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 6

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

H04B - Transmission 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

H03F - Amplifiers 1

H03G - Control OF Amplification 1

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

Top 15 of 25 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra), 83.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01S
Ranked #6,089 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. against Ultratec, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.1/100 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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