Where does Veltek Associates, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Veltek Associates, Inc. ranks #4,990 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 Veltek Associates, Inc. hold?

Veltek Associates, Inc. holds 70 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Veltek Associates, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Veltek Associates, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.2 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Veltek Associates, Inc. focus on?

Veltek Associates, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 22 patents, ranking #690 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

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

Veltek Associates, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +10% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Veltek Associates, Inc.'s patents?

Veltek Associates, Inc.'s patents average 15.4 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 Veltek Associates, 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

Veltek Associates, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 70 granted patents across 29 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Veltek ranks #4,990 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 70 patents across 29 technology areas.

#4,990
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.2/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: +10%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4990 · US Corporation #4,990 · 70 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 70 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,990/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Stellenbosch…
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +10% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Stellenbosch University (±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 Veltek’s 48.2 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 14.7 pts (31%) Velocity 5.2 pts (11%) Breadth 19.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Afero · near

48
Intellijoint Surgical · near

48
Shenzhen Skyworth-rgb · near

48
Terra CO2 Technology… · near

48
Veltek Associates · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Veltek's Innovation Score is 48.2/100 (top 17% 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 Veltek?

Each dot is one of Veltek’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). Veltek’s own 15.4 claims/patent is at or below the 15.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Veltek's grants concentrate

Veltek Associates, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 31.4% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Veltek sits between Stellenbosch University and AOB Products Company.

Veltek's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Veltek Associates, Inc. moved from 23 to 18 grants (0.78x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Stellenbosch Univ…

70
Techtronic Indust…

70
Ty-flot

70
University of Vie…

70
Wabtec Holding

70
Wickr

70
Veltek Associates ◀

70
Ali

69
AOB Products

69

What this shows Veltek holds 70 patents at rank #4,990, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Veltek

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,990 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Veltek, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Veltek ranks #690 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Intellijoint Surgical Inc. 48 Shenzhen Skyworth-rgb Electronic Co., Ltd. 48 Afero, Inc. 48 Terra CO2 Technology Holdings, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.4 here).

Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden (H.O.D.N. LUMC) GMBH 15.4 avg Magna Seating Inc. 15.4 avg Beijing Eswin Computing Technology Co., Ltd. 15.4 avg Surmodics, Inc. 15.4 avg

Veltek's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% 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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Veltek Associates, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	5.7%
2016	3	4.3%
2017	6	8.6%
2018	7	10.0%
2019	9	12.9%
2020	12	17.1%
2021	2	2.9%
2022	6	8.6%
2023	6	8.6%
2024	6	8.6%
2025partial year	9	12.9%

Which technologies does Veltek Associates, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 22

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 15

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 15

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 9

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 6

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 5

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 4

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 4

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 4

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 4

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 3

Top 15 of 29 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

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

Veltek Associates, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 31.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #4,990 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Veltek Associates, Inc. against Stellenbosch University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.2/100 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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