Where does VID Scale, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), VID Scale, Inc. ranks #2,225 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 VID Scale, Inc. hold?

VID Scale, Inc. holds 177 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is VID Scale, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

VID Scale, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.8 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does VID Scale, Inc. focus on?

VID Scale, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 158 patents. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is VID Scale, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

VID Scale, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +57% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for VID Scale, Inc.'s patents?

VID Scale, Inc.'s patents average 20.1 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 VID Scale, 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

VID Scale, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 177 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, VID ranks #2,225 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 177 patents across 16 technology areas.

#2,225
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.8/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: +57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2225 · US Corporation #2,225 · 177 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 177 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,225/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Interface Optoelectr…
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Interface Optoelectronics (ShenZhen) 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cavium · near

52
VID Scale · this assignee

52
Akzo Nobel Chemicals… · near

52
First Quality Tissue · near

52
Georgia-Pacific… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows VID's Innovation Score is 51.8/100 (top 11% 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 VID's grants concentrate

VID Scale, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 89.3% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (26 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, VID sits between Interface Optoelectronics (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd. and Nokia of America Corporation.

VID's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, VID Scale, Inc. moved from 62 to 72 grants (1.16x 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 #847. See the growth leaderboard.

Interface Optoele…

177
LS Electric

177
SMR Patents S à r…

177
TRW Automotive

177
Wabco

177
VID Scale ◀

177
Institute OF Nucl…

176
Lisa Draexlmaier

176
Nokia of America

176

What this shows VID holds 177 patents at rank #2,225, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near VID

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,225 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Cavium, LLC. 52 Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V 52 Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC 52 First Quality Tissue, LLC 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.1 here).

Stmicroelectronics, Inc. 20.1 avg Tactotek OY 20.1 avg Rainbow Medical Ltd. 20.1 avg Applied Micro Circuits Corporation 20.1 avg

VID's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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VID Scale, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	1.1%
2016	6	3.4%
2017	9	5.1%
2018	26	14.7%
2019	26	14.7%
2020	18	10.2%
2021	18	10.2%
2022	24	13.6%
2023	25	14.1%
2024	23	13.0%

Which technologies does VID Scale, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 158

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 42

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 24

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 16

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 5

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 4

H04B - Transmission 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

Top 15 of 16 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,225

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.8 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

VID Scale, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

VID Scale, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 89.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #2,225 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare VID Scale, Inc. against Interface Optoelectronics (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.8/100 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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