Where does Vertical Tank, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vertical Tank, Inc. ranks #22,000 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 Vertical Tank, Inc. hold?

Vertical Tank, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Vertical Tank, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Vertical Tank, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.2 out of 100 (top 77% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Vertical Tank, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vertical Tank, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Vertical Tank, Inc.'s patents?

Vertical Tank, Inc.'s patents average 15.8 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 Vertical Tank, 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

Vertical Tank, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Vertical Tank, Inc. focus on?

Vertical Tank, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: 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 F).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vertical ranks #22,000 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 6 technology areas.

#22,000
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 77%
by Innovation Score (27.2/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22000 · US Corporation #22,000 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #22,000/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Valneva SE
CPC-NARROW B65D · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Valneva SE (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Capital Microelectro… · near

27
Quintel Cayman · near

27
Redline Innovations · near

27
Vertical Tank · this assignee

27
Kinetic Furniture Of… · near

27
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Vertical's Innovation Score is 27.2/100 (top 77% 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.

Where Vertical's grants concentrate

Vertical Tank, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 53.8% of grants classified under 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 F). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Vertical sits between Valneva SE and Vinglacé, Llc.

Valneva SE

13
Vaporstream

13
Vascomed

13
Veea Systems

13
Viavi Solutions F…

13
Vigilytics

13
Vikan A/S

13
Vinglacé

13
Vertical Tank ◀

13

What this shows Vertical holds 13 patents at rank #22,003, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vertical

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,003 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vertical, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (27 here).

Quintel Cayman Limited 27 Redline Innovations, Inc 27 Kinetic Furniture Of Vermont Inc. 27 Capital Microelectronics Co., Ltd. 27

Vertical's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 Top 77% higher than 23% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Vertical Tank, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	38.5%
2016	1	7.7%
2017	4	30.8%
2018	2	15.4%
2019	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Vertical Tank, Inc. patent most?

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 7

B60P - VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS 5

B62D - MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS 3

B60D - VEHICLE CONNECTIONS 3

E21B - EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS 1

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,000

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

27.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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