Where does Viken Detection Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Viken Detection Corporation ranks #15,749 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 Viken Detection Corporation hold?

Viken Detection Corporation holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Viken Detection Corporation's Innovation Score?

Viken Detection Corporation has an Innovation Score of 56.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Viken Detection Corporation focus on?

Viken Detection Corporation's top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 11 patents, ranking #89 of 835 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Viken Detection Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Viken Detection Corporation.

What does claim depth mean for Viken Detection Corporation's patents?

Viken Detection Corporation's patents average 21.6 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 Viken Detection Corporation 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

Viken Detection Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Viken ranks #15,749 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 13 technology areas.

#15,749
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.0/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15749 · US Corporation #15,749 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,749/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Velasa Sports
CPC-FOCUS G01V · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Velasa Sports, 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 Viken’s 56.0 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 10.3 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (36%) Breadth 12.7 pts (23%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Viken Detection · this assignee

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Viken's Innovation Score is 56.0/100 (top 6% 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 Viken?

Each dot is one of Viken’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). Viken’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 19.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Viken's grants concentrate

Viken Detection Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 57.9% of grants classified under G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Viken sits between Velasa Sports, Inc. and Waveone, Inc..

Viken's three-year grant acceleration

Viken Detection Corporation shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Velasa Sports

19
Vessix Vascular

19
Via Science

19
Videoamp

19
Viz ai

19
Vyng

19
Wafer

19
Waveone

19
Viken Detection ◀

19

What this shows Viken holds 19 patents at rank #15,746, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Viken

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,746 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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

Viken's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Viken Detection Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	3	15.8%
2021	1	5.3%
2022	3	15.8%
2023	4	21.1%
2024	6	31.6%
2025partial year	2	10.5%

Which technologies does Viken Detection Corporation patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 11

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 10

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 8

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 1

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 1

E01F - Additional Work, Such AS Equipping Roads OR THE Construction OF Platforms, Helicopter Landing Stages, Signs, Snow Fences, OR THE Like 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 1

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Viken Detection Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Viken Detection Corporation's lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 57.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #15,749 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Viken Detection Corporation against Velasa Sports, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.0/100 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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