Where does Vermes Microdispensing GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vermes Microdispensing GMBH ranks #21,999 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 Vermes Microdispensing GMBH hold?

Vermes Microdispensing GMBH holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Vermes Microdispensing GMBH's Innovation Score?

Vermes Microdispensing GMBH has an Innovation Score of 42.3 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Vermes Microdispensing GMBH focus on?

Vermes Microdispensing GMBH's top technology area is B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General) with 11 patents, ranking #31 of 569 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vermes Microdispensing GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vermes Microdispensing GMBH's recent grant velocity is +20% 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 Vermes Microdispensing GMBH's patents?

Vermes Microdispensing GMBH's patents average 16.2 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 Vermes Microdispensing GMBH 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 Foreign Corporation

Vermes Microdispensing GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vermes ranks #21,999 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 17 technology areas.

#21,999
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.3/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21999 · Foreign Corporation #21,999 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,999/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vault Pressure Control
CPC-FOCUS B05C · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vault Pressure Control, LLC (±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 Vermes’s 42.3 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 9.1 pts (22%) Velocity 8.9 pts (21%) Breadth 14.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Conviva · near

42
Headwater Research · near

42
Kangwon National… · near

42
Litens Automotive… · near

42
Vermes Microdispensing · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vermes's Innovation Score is 42.3/100 (top 31% 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 Vermes?

Each dot is one of Vermes’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). Vermes’s own 16.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Vermes's grants concentrate

Vermes Microdispensing GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 84.6% of grants classified under B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Vermes sits between Vault Pressure Control, LLC and Voltafield Technology Corporation.

Vermes's three-year grant acceleration

Vermes Microdispensing GMBH shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Vault Pressure Co…

13
VCG Holdings

13
Ventra Group

13
Verbio Vereinigte…

13
VIA Mechanics

13
Vicis

13
Virtual Marketing

13
Voltafield Techno…

13
Vermes Microdispe… ◀

13

What this shows Vermes holds 13 patents at rank #21,988, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vermes

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,988 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vermes, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces), Vermes ranks #31 of 569 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Kangwon National University University-Industry Cooperation Foundation 42 Conviva Inc. 42 Litens Automotive Partnership 42 Headwater Research LLC 42

Vermes's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Vermes Microdispensing GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	15.4%
2018	2	15.4%
2019	1	7.7%
2020	2	15.4%
2022	3	23.1%
2023	1	7.7%
2025partial year	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Vermes Microdispensing GMBH patent most?

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 11

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 7

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 4

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 2

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 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

F15D - Fluid Dynamics, i.e. Methods OR Means FOR Influencing THE Flow OF Gases OR Liquids 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 1

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Vermes Microdispensing GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vermes Microdispensing GMBH's lead technology class is B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General), 84.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05C
Ranked #21,999 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vermes Microdispensing GMBH against Vault Pressure Control, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.3/100 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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