Where does Viking Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Viking Group, Inc. ranks #6,091 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 Viking Group, Inc. hold?

Viking Group, Inc. holds 56 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Viking Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Viking Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.0 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%).

What technology areas does Viking Group, Inc. focus on?

Viking Group, Inc.'s top technology area is A62C (Fire-fighting) with 48 patents. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is Viking Group, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Viking Group, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -11% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Viking Group, Inc.'s patents?

Viking Group, Inc.'s patents average 15.6 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 Viking Group, 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

Viking Group, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 56 granted patents across 23 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: A62C (Fire-fighting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Viking ranks #6,091 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 56 patents across 23 technology areas.

#6,091
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.0/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: -11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6091 · US Corporation #6,091 · 56 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 56 grants
UPPER-Q #6,091/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ugreen Group
CPC-FOCUS A62C · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ugreen Group Limited (±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
Groove X · near

45
ITW EF&C Korea · near

45
Maersk Drilling A/S · near

45
Viking Group · this assignee

45
Willow Innovations · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Viking's Innovation Score is 45.0/100 (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.

Where Viking's grants concentrate

Viking Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under A62C (Fire-fighting). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Viking sits between Uptake Technologies, Inc. and Yamaguchi University.

Viking's three-year grant acceleration

Viking Group, Inc. shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Uptake

56
Ugreen Group

56
Velodyne Lidar USA

56
Vibrant Holdings

56
Vocollect

56
Voestalpine Stahl

56
Wittenstein SE

56
Yamaguchi Univers…

56
Viking Group ◀

56

What this shows Viking holds 56 patents at rank #6,089, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Viking

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,089 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A62C (Fire-fighting)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Groove X Inc. 45 Maersk Drilling A/S 45 Willow Innovations, Inc. 45 ITW EF&C Korea LLC. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.6 here).

Nasdaq, Inc. 15.6 avg Engineered Controls International, LLC 15.6 avg Beijing Funate Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. 15.6 avg Graco Children's Products, Inc. 15.6 avg

Viking'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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Viking Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	14.3%
2016	4	7.1%
2017	1	1.8%
2018	9	16.1%
2019	5	8.9%
2020	9	16.1%
2021	3	5.4%
2023	6	10.7%
2024	6	10.7%
2025partial year	5	8.9%

Which technologies does Viking Group, Inc. patent most?

A62C - Fire-fighting 48

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 17

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 4

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 3

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 15 of 23 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#6,091

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

45.0 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

Viking Group, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Viking Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is A62C (Fire-fighting), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A62C
Ranked #6,091 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Viking Group, Inc. against Uptake Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.0/100 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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