Where does VF Imagewear, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), VF Imagewear, Inc. ranks #27,775 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 VF Imagewear, Inc. hold?

VF Imagewear, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is VF Imagewear, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

VF Imagewear, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.2 out of 100 (14th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does VF Imagewear, Inc. focus on?

VF Imagewear, Inc.'s top technology area is A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is VF Imagewear, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

VF Imagewear, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -57% 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 VF Imagewear, Inc.'s patents?

VF Imagewear, Inc.'s patents average 12.1 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 VF Imagewear, 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

VF Imagewear, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, VF ranks #27,775 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 6 technology areas.

#27,775
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.2/100): 12.1
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27775 · US Corporation #27,775 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,775/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Venus Aerospace
CPC-NARROW A41D · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Venus Aerospace Corp (±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
VF Imagewear · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows VF's Innovation Score is 24.2/100 (14th percentile 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 VF's grants concentrate

VF Imagewear, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, VF sits between Venus Aerospace Corp and Vismunda SRL.

Venus Aerospace

10
Verisilicon Micro…

10
Vertocomm

10
Veyance

10
Vhit S p A

10
Viking Tech

10
Vishay Sprague

10
Vismunda SRL

10
VF Imagewear ◀

10

What this shows VF holds 10 patents at rank #27,743, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near VF

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,743 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A41D (Outerwear)

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

VF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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VF Imagewear, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	2	20.0%
2019	3	30.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2021	1	10.0%

Which technologies does VF Imagewear, Inc. patent most?

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 6

A41B - SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs 2

A41F - Garment FASTENINGS; Suspenders 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

A41H - Appliances OR Methods FOR Making Clothes, e.g. FOR Dress-making OR FOR Tailoring, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#27,775

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

24.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

VF Imagewear, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

VF Imagewear, Inc.'s lead technology class is A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A41D
Ranked #27,775 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare VF Imagewear, Inc. against Venus Aerospace Corp, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.2/100 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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