Where does Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG ranks #8,509 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 Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG holds 38 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 45.1 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG'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 Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 12.3 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 Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG 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

Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 13 patents, ranking #134 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 36 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Viega ranks #8,509 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 36 technology areas.

#8,509
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.1/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: +57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8509 · Foreign Corporation #8,509 · 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 #8,509/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vandor Group
CPC-FOCUS F16L · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vandor Group, Inc. (±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 Viega’s 45.1 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 12.7 pts (28%) Velocity 3.9 pts (9%) Breadth 21.2 pts (47%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Accuride International · near

45
Establishment Labs · near

45
Thermo Electron… · near

45
Vulcan · near

45
Viega Technology & KG · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Viega's Innovation Score is 45.1/100 (top 24% 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 Viega?

Each dot is one of Viega’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). Viega’s own 12.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Viega's grants concentrate

Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 34.2% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Viega sits between VIA Labs, Inc. and WGR Co., Ltd..

Viega's three-year grant acceleration

Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

VIA Labs

38
Vibia Lighting S…

38
VMR Products

38
Vandor Group

38
Vitra

38
Vivex Biomedical

38
Vomaris Innovatio…

38
WGR

38
Viega Technology… ◀

38

What this shows Viega holds 38 patents at rank #8,510, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Viega

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,510 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Viega, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16L (Pipes), Viega ranks #134 of 1,907 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Accuride International GmbH 45 Vulcan Inc. 45 Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments LLC 45 Establishment Labs S.A. 45

Viega's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	5.3%
2018	4	10.5%
2019	8	21.1%
2020	4	10.5%
2021	7	18.4%
2022	4	10.5%
2023	4	10.5%
2024	3	7.9%
2025partial year	2	5.3%

Which technologies does Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 13

E03D - Water-closets OR Urinals With Flushing DEVICES; Flushing Valves Therefor 10

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 10

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 9

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

F24D - Domestic- OR Space-heating Systems, e.g. Central Heating SYSTEMS; Domestic Hot-water Supply SYSTEMS; Elements OR Components Therefor 6

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 6

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

B30B - Presses IN General 1

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 1

G01G - Weighing 1

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 1

Top 15 of 36 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 34.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #8,509 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG against VIA Labs, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.1/100 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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