Where does Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc ranks #19,333 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 Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc hold?

Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc's Innovation Score?

Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc has an Innovation Score of 35.2 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc focus on?

Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 12 patents, ranking #1,136 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc's patents?

Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc's patents average 68.5 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 Virginia Innovation Sciences, 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

Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Virginia ranks #19,333 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 9 technology areas.

#19,333
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.2/100): 68.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19333 · US Corporation #19,333 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,333/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vi-Jon
CPC-NARROW H04N · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 68.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vi-Jon, LLC (±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 Virginia’s 35.2 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 9.6 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (30%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Virginia Innovation… · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Virginia's Innovation Score is 35.2/100 (top 50% 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 Virginia?

Each dot is one of Virginia’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). Virginia’s own 68.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Virginia's grants concentrate

Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Virginia sits between Vi-Jon, LLC and Wanhua Chemical (NINGBO) Co., Ltd..

Vi-jon

15
Vicarious FPC

15
Vigilent

15
Villanova Univers…

15
Vistadeltek

15
Vita Inclinata IP…

15
Votiro Cybersec

15
Wanhua Chemical (…

15
Virginia Innovati… ◀

15

What this shows Virginia holds 15 patents at rank #19,330, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Virginia

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,330 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Virginia's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	20.0%
2016	5	33.3%
2017	3	20.0%
2018	4	26.7%

Which technologies does Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 12

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 9

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 5

H04M - Telephonic Communication 5

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #19,333 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc against Vi-Jon, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.2/100 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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