VIA Labs, Inc.
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, VIA ranks #8,507 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 17 technology areas.
- #8,507
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 23%
- by Innovation Score (45.7/100)
- 18.3
- avg claims per patent
- +933%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R8507 · Foreign Corporation #8,507 · 38 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-SMALL 38 grants
- UPPER-Q #8,507/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Universite DE…
- CPC-FOCUS G06F · 17 areas
- INNOV-PAR 45.7/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- VEL-SURGE +933% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Universite DE Franche-comte (±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 VIA’s 45.7 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around VIA
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Asahi Kasei… · near
Asahi Kasei… · near
46 score
- Shockwave Medical · near
Shockwave Medical · near
46 score
- Stant USA · near
Stant USA · near
46 score
- Ultradent Products · near
Ultradent Products · near
46 score
- VIA Labs · this assignee
VIA Labs · this assignee
46 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows VIA's Innovation Score is 45.7/100 (top 23% 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 VIA?
Each dot is one of VIA’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). VIA’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where VIA's grants concentrate
VIA Labs, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 71.1% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (8 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2019. By volume, VIA sits between Universite DE Franche-comte and Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG.
VIA's three-year grant acceleration
VIA Labs, Inc. shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.
Who files at VIA's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Universite DE Fra…
Universite DE Franche-comte
38 patents
- Universite DE Lim…
Universite DE Limoges
38 patents
- Vdyne
VDyne, Inc.
38 patents
- Venatorx Pharmace…
Venatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
38 patents
- Vibia Lighting S…
Vibia Lighting, S.L.U
38 patents
- VMR Products
VMR Products LLC
38 patents
- Vandor Group
Vandor Group, Inc.
38 patents
- Viega Technology…
Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG
38 patents
- VIA Labs ◀
VIA Labs, Inc.
38 patents
What this shows VIA holds 38 patents at rank #8,506, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near VIA
By rank, the assignees closest to #8,506 in granted patent volume.
- Universite DE Franche-comte #8,502 · 38 patents
- Universite DE Limoges #8,503 · 38 patents
- VDyne, Inc. #8,504 · 38 patents
- Venatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. #8,505 · 38 patents
- Vibia Lighting, S.L.U #8,507 · 38 patents
- VMR Products LLC #8,508 · 38 patents
- Vandor Group, Inc. #8,509 · 38 patents
- Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG #8,510 · 38 patents
Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in VIA's primary technology class.
- International Business Machines Corporation 42,717 in class
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 21,497 in class
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 16,951 in class
- Google LLC 13,092 in class
- Intel Corporation 12,803 in class
- Apple Inc. 11,007 in class
- Amazon Technologies, Inc. 10,217 in class
- Dell Products L.P. 7,187 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for VIA, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), VIA ranks #1,618 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).
VIA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
46 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2019–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 7.9% |
| 2020 | 5 | 13.2% |
| 2021 | 8 | 21.1% |
| 2022 | 5 | 13.2% |
| 2023 | 8 | 21.1% |
| 2024 | 5 | 13.2% |
| 2025partial year | 4 | 10.5% |
Which technologies does VIA Labs, Inc. patent most?
Top 15 of 17 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
VIA Labs, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- VIA Labs, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 71.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
- Ranked #8,507 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare VIA Labs, Inc. against Universite DE Franche-comte, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 45.7/100 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.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.