Where does Virent, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Virent, Inc. ranks #6,972 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 Virent, Inc. hold?

Virent, Inc. holds 48 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Virent, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Virent, 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%).

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

Virent, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -88% 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 Virent, Inc.'s patents?

Virent, Inc.'s patents average 21.4 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 Virent, 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

Virent, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Virent, Inc. focus on?

Virent, Inc.'s top technology area is C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes) with 48 patents, ranking #28 of 504 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 48 granted patents across 19 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: C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Virent ranks #6,972 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 48 patents across 19 technology areas.

#6,972
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.0/100): 21.4
avg claims per patent: -88%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6972 · US Corporation #6,972 · 48 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 48 grants
UPPER-Q #6,972/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH United Semiconductor…
CPC-FOCUS C10G · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -88% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: United Semiconductor (Xiamen) 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.

How Virent’s 45.0 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 13.4 pts (30%) Velocity 3.3 pts (7%) Breadth 15.4 pts (34%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Avalanche Technology · near

45
Grundfos Management… · near

45
Numéraire Financial · near

45
Virent · this assignee

45
Shenyang Institute… · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Virent'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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Virent?

Each dot is one of Virent’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). Virent’s own 21.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Virent's grants concentrate

Virent, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Virent sits between United Semiconductor (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. and Wika Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. KG.

Virent's three-year grant acceleration

Virent, Inc. shows 2 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.

United Semiconduc…

48
Vapotherm

48
Verinata Health

48
Victoria Link

48
Vitae Pharmaceuti…

48
Vive Health

48
Weta Digital

48
Wika Alexander Wi…

48
Virent ◀

48

What this shows Virent holds 48 patents at rank #6,971, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Virent

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,971 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Virent, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS), Virent ranks #28 of 504 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Grundfos Management A/S 45 Avalanche Technology, Inc. 45 Numéraire Financial, Inc. 45 Shenyang Institute OF Automation, Chinese Academy OF Sciences 45

Virent'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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Virent, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	31.3%
2016	8	16.7%
2017	7	14.6%
2018	11	22.9%
2019	1	2.1%
2020	2	4.2%
2021	1	2.1%
2024	2	4.2%
2025partial year	1	2.1%

Which technologies does Virent, Inc. patent most?

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 48

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 47

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 31

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 16

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 16

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 15

C13K - Saccharides Obtained From Natural Sources OR BY Hydrolysis OF Naturally Occurring Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides OR Polysaccharides 14

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 12

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 9

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 7

C08H - Derivatives OF Natural Macromolecular Compounds 7

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 5

C13B - Production OF SUCROSE; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor 4

D21B - Fibrous RAW Materials OR Their Mechanical Treatment 4

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 4

Top 15 of 19 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

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

Virent, Inc.'s lead technology class is C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C10G
Ranked #6,972 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Virent, Inc. against United Semiconductor (Xiamen) Co., Ltd., 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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