Where does Vishay Sprague, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vishay Sprague, Inc. ranks #27,788 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 Vishay Sprague, Inc. hold?

Vishay Sprague, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Vishay Sprague, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Vishay Sprague, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.7 out of 100 (15th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Vishay Sprague, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Vishay Sprague, Inc.'s patents?

Vishay Sprague, Inc.'s patents average 17.1 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 Vishay Sprague, 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

Vishay Sprague, Inc.

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

Vishay Sprague, Inc.'s top technology area is H01G (CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type) with 10 patents, ranking #70 of 580 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: H01G (CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vishay ranks #27,788 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 3 technology areas.

#27,788
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.7/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27788 · US Corporation #27,788 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,788/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Veyance
CPC-NARROW H01G · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Veyance Technologies, 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 Vishay’s 24.7 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 (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Vishay Sprague · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vishay's Innovation Score is 24.7/100 (15th percentile 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 Vishay?

Each dot is one of Vishay’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). Vishay’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Vishay's grants concentrate

Vishay Sprague, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H01G (CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Vishay sits between Veyance Technologies, Inc. and Voestalpine VAE GMBH.

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Viking Tech

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Vismunda SRL

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10
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10

What this shows Vishay holds 10 patents at rank #27,746, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vishay

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,746 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01G (Capacitors)

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

Vishay's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Vishay Sprague, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	3	30.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2021	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Vishay Sprague, Inc. patent most?

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 10

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

Top 3 of 3 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

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

Vishay Sprague, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01G (CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01G
Ranked #27,788 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vishay Sprague, Inc. against Veyance Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.7/100 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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