Where does VIB VZW rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), VIB VZW ranks #2,104 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 VIB VZW hold?

VIB VZW holds 188 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is VIB VZW's Innovation Score?

VIB VZW has an Innovation Score of 51.1 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does VIB VZW focus on?

VIB VZW's top technology area is C07K (Peptides) with 131 patents, ranking #49 of 3,615 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is VIB VZW's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

VIB VZW's recent grant velocity is +2% 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 VIB VZW's patents?

VIB VZW's patents average 13.0 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 VIB VZW 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

VIB VZW

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 188 granted patents across 32 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: C07K (Peptides).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, VIB ranks #2,104 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 188 patents across 32 technology areas.

#2,104
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.1/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: +2%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2104 · Foreign Corporation #2,104 · 188 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 188 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,104/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nanning Fugui…
CPC-FOCUS C07K · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +2% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanning Fugui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. (±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 VIB’s 51.1 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 18.1 pts (35%) Velocity 5.2 pts (10%) Breadth 20.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ALi · near

51
Humana · near

51
Rad Power Bikes · near

51
Twitter · near

51
VIB VZW · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows VIB's Innovation Score is 51.1/100 (top 12% 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 VIB?

Each dot is one of VIB’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). VIB’s own 13.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where VIB's grants concentrate

VIB VZW is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 69.7% of grants classified under C07K (Peptides). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (29 grants) versus a trough of 9 in 2023. By volume, VIB sits between Nanning Fugui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. and Breville Pty Limited.

VIB's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, VIB VZW moved from 59 to 46 grants (0.78x 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 #1,896. See the growth leaderboard.

Nanning Fugui Pre…

188
Starbucks

188
Symbotic

188
The Royal Institu…

188
Visteon Global

188
Widex A/S

188
Walker Edison Fur…

188
VIB VZW ◀

188
Breville Pty

187

What this shows VIB holds 188 patents at rank #2,104, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near VIB

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,104 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07K (Peptides)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for VIB, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07K (Peptides), VIB ranks #49 of 3,615 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Twitter, Inc. 51 Rad Power Bikes Inc. 51 ALi Corporation 51 Humana Inc. 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.0 here).

King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals 13.0 avg Korea Advanced Institute OF Science AND Technology 13.0 avg Interface Technology (ChengDu) Co., Ltd. 13.0 avg simplehuman, LLC 13.0 avg

VIB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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.

View data table

VIB VZW patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	5.3%
2016	15	8.0%
2017	17	9.0%
2018	29	15.4%
2019	16	8.5%
2020	16	8.5%
2021	27	14.4%
2022	21	11.2%
2023	9	4.8%
2024	16	8.5%
2025partial year	12	6.4%

Which technologies does VIB VZW patent most?

C07K - Peptides 131

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 97

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 91

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 83

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 49

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 36

C12Y - Enzymes 32

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 27

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 14

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 11

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 8

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 6

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 5

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 5

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 4

Top 15 of 32 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

VIB VZW's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

VIB VZW's lead technology class is C07K (Peptides), 69.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07K
Ranked #2,104 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare VIB VZW against Nanning Fugui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.1/100 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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