Where does Vionic Group LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vionic Group LLC ranks #9,159 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 Vionic Group LLC hold?

Vionic Group LLC holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Vionic Group LLC's Innovation Score?

Vionic Group LLC has an Innovation Score of 19.9 out of 100 (6th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Vionic Group LLC focus on?

Vionic Group LLC's top technology area is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear) with 2 patents, ranking #139 of 317 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vionic Group LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vionic Group LLC's recent grant velocity is -38% 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 Vionic Group LLC's patents?

Vionic Group LLC's patents average 1.9 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 Vionic Group LLC 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

Vionic Group LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 3 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: A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vionic ranks #9,159 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 3 technology areas.

#9,159
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 6th percentile
by Innovation Score (19.9/100): 1.9
avg claims per patent: -38%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9159 · US Corporation #9,159 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,159/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH University of South…
CPC-NARROW A43B · 3 areas
INNOV-LOW 19.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -38% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: University of South Alabama (±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 Vionic’s 19.9 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 12.4 pts (62%) Velocity 0.3 pts (2%) Breadth 6.1 pts (31%) Claim depth 1.1 pts (6%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
EKO Development · near

20
Graff Breeding A/S · near

20
Vionic Group · this assignee

20
Dongguan Yuanchuang… · near

20
Humancentric Ventures · near

20
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vionic's Innovation Score is 19.9/100 (6th percentile 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 Vionic?

Each dot is one of Vionic’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). Vionic’s own 1.9 claims/patent is at or below the 14.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Vionic's grants concentrate

Vionic Group LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 5.7% of grants classified under A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Vionic sits between University of South Alabama and Wisol Co., Ltd..

Vionic's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Vionic Group LLC moved from 21 to 1 grants (0.05x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

University of Sou…

35
Valeo Iluminacion

35
Valmet Aktiebolag

35
Van Zanten Breedi…

35
Vitesco Germany

35
Vivonics

35
Volkswagen Group…

35
Wisol

35
Vionic Group ◀

35

What this shows Vionic holds 35 patents at rank #9,157, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vionic

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,157 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vionic, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear), Vionic ranks #139 of 317 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (20 here).

Dongguan Yuanchuang Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. 20 Graff Breeding A/S 20 Humancentric Ventures LLC 20 EKO Development Ltd. 20

Vionic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

20 6th percentile higher than 6% 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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Vionic Group LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	8	22.9%
2018	4	11.4%
2019	9	25.7%
2020	8	22.9%
2021	4	11.4%
2023	1	2.9%
2025partial year	1	2.9%

Which technologies does Vionic Group LLC patent most?

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 2

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Vionic Group LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vionic Group LLC's lead technology class is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear), 5.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A43B
Ranked #9,159 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vionic Group LLC against University of South Alabama, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 19.9/100 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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