Where does Vermeer Manufacturing Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vermeer Manufacturing Company ranks #2,006 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 Vermeer Manufacturing Company hold?

Vermeer Manufacturing Company holds 200 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 79 technology areas.

What is Vermeer Manufacturing Company's Innovation Score?

Vermeer Manufacturing Company has an Innovation Score of 58.8 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Vermeer Manufacturing Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vermeer Manufacturing Company's recent grant velocity is -2% 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 Vermeer Manufacturing Company's patents?

Vermeer Manufacturing Company's patents average 17.7 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 Vermeer Manufacturing Company 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

Vermeer Manufacturing Company

Q: What technology areas does Vermeer Manufacturing Company focus on?

Vermeer Manufacturing Company's top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 60 patents, ranking #57 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 79 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 200 granted patents across 79 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vermeer ranks #2,006 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 200 patents across 79 technology areas.

#2,006
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.8/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -2%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2006 · US Corporation #2,006 · 200 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 200 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,006/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MegaChips
CPC-WIDE E21B · 79 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -2% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MegaChips Corporation (±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 Vermeer’s 58.8 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 18.3 pts (31%) Velocity 4.8 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Board of Trustees… · near

59
Grundfos Holding A/S · near

59
Paige AI · near

59
Vermeer Manufacturing · this assignee

59
Saint-gobain Abrasives · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vermeer's Innovation Score is 58.8/100 (top 4% 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 Vermeer?

Each dot is one of Vermeer’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). Vermeer’s own 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Vermeer's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Vermeer Manufacturing Company received 88 grants versus 90 in 2015–2019 (-2% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 28 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 11. Lead class E21B accounts for 30% of the portfolio across 79 subclasses. Volume neighbours: MegaChips Corporation (#2,002) and Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited (#2,010).

Vermeer's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Vermeer Manufacturing Company moved from 66 to 48 grants (0.73x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,066. See the growth leaderboard.

Megachips

200
Razor USA

200
Signode Industria…

200
Skydio

200
Vermeer Manufactu… ◀

200
Fedex Corporate S…

199
Globeride

199
Kraft Foods Group…

199
Nippon Sheet Glass

199

What this shows Vermeer holds 200 patents at rank #2,006, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vermeer

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,006 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vermeer, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Vermeer ranks #57 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Grundfos Holding A/S 59 Paige.AI, Inc. 59 Board of Trustees of the Univeristy of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville 59 Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc. 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.7 here).

Wisk Aero LLC 17.7 avg Cubic Corporation 17.7 avg Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. 17.7 avg DeLaval Holding AB 17.7 avg

Vermeer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Vermeer Manufacturing Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	8.0%
2016	16	8.0%
2017	15	7.5%
2018	17	8.5%
2019	26	13.0%
2020	12	6.0%
2021	28	14.0%
2022	13	6.5%
2023	11	5.5%
2024	24	12.0%
2025partial year	22	11.0%

Which technologies does Vermeer Manufacturing Company patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 60

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 40

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 32

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 20

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 20

A01F - Processing OF Harvested PRODUCE; HAY OR Straw PRESSES; Devices FOR Storing Agricultural OR Horticultural Produce 19

B07B - Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material 14

B01D - Separation 13

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 13

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 12

E21C - Mining OR Quarrying 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 10

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 10

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 9

Top 15 of 79 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

Vermeer Manufacturing Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vermeer Manufacturing Company's lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 30% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #2,006 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vermeer Manufacturing Company against MegaChips Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.8/100 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.

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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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