Where does Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ranks #27,785 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's Innovation Score?

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has an Innovation Score of 43.2 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's patents?

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's patents average 18.2 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Q: How many patents does Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University hold?

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 24 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University focus on?

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's top technology area is G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models) with 3 patents, ranking #1,995 of 4,479 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 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 PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Virginia ranks #27,785 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 24 technology areas.

#27,785
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.2/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27785 · US Corporation #27,785 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,785/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vidrio Plano de…
CPC-FOCUS G06N · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vidrio Plano de México, S.A. de C.V. (±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 43.2 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 8.3 pts (19%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 17.3 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Virginia Polytechnic… · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Virginia's Innovation Score is 43.2/100 (top 29% 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 18.2 claims/patent is at or below the 21.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Virginia's grants concentrate

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 30% of grants classified under G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Virginia sits between Vidrio Plano de México, S.A. de C.V. and Vivasor, Inc..

Virginia's three-year grant acceleration

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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10
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10
Virewirx

10
Virgin Instruments

10
Viridity Energy

10
Virtual Radiologic

10
Visiongate

10
Vivasor

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10

What this shows Virginia holds 10 patents at rank #27,784, 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 #27,784 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Mo…)

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)

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	20.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2022	2	20.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University patent most?

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

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 2

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 2

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 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

H04B - Transmission 1

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 1

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 1

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

Top 15 of 24 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 Polytechnic Institute and State University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's lead technology class is G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models), 30% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06N
Ranked #27,785 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University against Vidrio Plano de México, S.A. de C.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.2/100 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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