Where does Virtual Strongbox, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Virtual Strongbox, Inc. ranks #25,508 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Virtual Strongbox, Inc. hold?

Virtual Strongbox, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Virtual Strongbox, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Virtual Strongbox, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.6 out of 100 (top 72% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Virtual Strongbox, Inc. focus on?

Virtual Strongbox, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING) with 8 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

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

Virtual Strongbox, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -17% 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 Virtual Strongbox, Inc.'s patents?

Virtual Strongbox, Inc.'s patents average 16.0 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 Virtual Strongbox, 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

Virtual Strongbox, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Virtual ranks #25,508 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 4 technology areas.

#25,508
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 72%
by Innovation Score (28.6/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25508 · US Corporation #25,508 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,508/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Viega & KG
CPC-NARROW G06F · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Viega Gmbh & Co. KG (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Virtual Strongbox · this assignee

29
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Virtual's Innovation Score is 28.6/100 (top 72% 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.

Where Virtual's grants concentrate

Virtual Strongbox, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Virtual sits between Viega Gmbh & Co. KG and Vistaprint Schweiz Gmbh.

Virtual's three-year grant acceleration

Virtual Strongbox, 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.

Viega & KG

11
Viking Pump

11
Viking Solutions

11
Vinglace

11
Vision Home Produ…

11
Vissers Battery

11
Vista Clara

11
Vistaprint Schweiz

11
Virtual Strongbox ◀

11

What this shows Virtual holds 11 patents at rank #25,502, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Virtual

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,502 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital DATA Processing)

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

Virtual's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 Top 72% higher than 28% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

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

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Virtual Strongbox, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	18.2%
2017	3	27.3%
2019	1	9.1%
2020	1	9.1%
2021	2	18.2%
2022	2	18.2%

Which technologies does Virtual Strongbox, Inc. patent most?

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 8

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 5

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 3

G09B - EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS 2

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#25,508

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.