Where does Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. ranks #1,311 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 Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. hold?

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. holds 324 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 161 technology areas.

What is Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 65.4 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +8% 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 Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.'s patents?

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.'s patents average 18.6 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. focus on?

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.'s top technology area is H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof) with 58 patents, ranking #76 of 1,541 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 161 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, 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 PatentsView assignee record - 324 granted patents across 161 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: H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Virginia ranks #1,311 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 324 patents across 161 technology areas.

#1,311
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.4/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: +8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1311 · US Corporation #1,311 · 324 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 324 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,311/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Express Scripts…
CPC-WIDE H02M · 161 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc. (±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 65.4 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 20.0 pts (31%) Velocity 9.2 pts (14%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
i4F Licensing · near

65
Virginia Tech… · this assignee

65
Apollo Intelligent… · near

65
Omachron Intellectua… · near

65
United States… · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Virginia's Innovation Score is 65.4/100 (top 1% 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 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.9 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.

How Virginia's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. received 154 grants versus 142 in 2015–2019 (+8% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 52 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 13. Lead class H02M accounts for 17.9% of the portfolio across 161 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc. (#1,307) and VIA Technologies, Inc. (#1,315).

Virginia's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. moved from 81 to 112 grants (1.38x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #538. See the growth leaderboard.

Express Scripts S…

324
PFU

324
The Hong Kong Uni…

324
UAB 360 IT

324
Virginia Tech Int… ◀

324
Crown Equipment

323
Rosemount

323
Trimble

323
VIA

323

What this shows Virginia holds 324 patents at rank #1,311, 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 #1,311 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Virginia, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC), Virginia ranks #76 of 1,541 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Omachron Intellectual Property Inc. 65 Apollo Intelligent Connectivity (BEIJING) Technology Co., Ltd. 65 i4F Licensing NV 65 United States Postal Service 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.6 here).

Baxalta Incorporated 18.6 avg Sigmasense, LLC. 18.6 avg Berry Plastics Corporation 18.6 avg Intematix Corporation 18.6 avg

Virginia's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	23	7.1%
2016	18	5.6%
2017	32	9.9%
2018	30	9.3%
2019	39	12.0%
2020	29	9.0%
2021	13	4.0%
2022	30	9.3%
2023	30	9.3%
2024	52	16.0%
2025partial year	28	8.6%

Which technologies does Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. patent most?

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 58

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 47

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 37

H04B - Transmission 34

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 32

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 29

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 28

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 28

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 25

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 20

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 19

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 17

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 17

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 16

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 16

Top 15 of 161 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 Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.'s lead technology class is H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;), 17.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02M
Ranked #1,311 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. against Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.4/100 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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