Where does Vista Outdoor Operations LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vista Outdoor Operations LLC ranks #1,844 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 Vista Outdoor Operations LLC hold?

Vista Outdoor Operations LLC holds 219 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is Vista Outdoor Operations LLC's Innovation Score?

Vista Outdoor Operations LLC has an Innovation Score of 50.4 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Vista Outdoor Operations LLC focus on?

Vista Outdoor Operations LLC's top technology area is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition) with 66 patents, ranking #5 of 331 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vista Outdoor Operations LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vista Outdoor Operations LLC's recent grant velocity is -4% 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 Vista Outdoor Operations LLC's patents?

Vista Outdoor Operations LLC's patents average 12.9 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 Vista Outdoor Operations LLC 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

Vista Outdoor Operations LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 219 granted patents across 33 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vista ranks #1,844 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 219 patents across 33 technology areas.

#1,844
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.4/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: -4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1844 · US Corporation #1,844 · 219 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 219 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,844/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Intelligent Energy
CPC-FOCUS F42B · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Intelligent Energy Limited (±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 Vista’s 50.4 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 18.6 pts (37%) Velocity 3.7 pts (7%) Breadth 20.3 pts (40%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Carvana · near

50
McKesson · near

50
PanPsy · near

50
Plansee SE · near

50
Vista Outdoor… · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vista's Innovation Score is 50.4/100 (top 13% 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 Vista?

Each dot is one of Vista’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). Vista’s own 12.9 claims/patent is at or below the 14.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Vista's grants concentrate

Vista Outdoor Operations LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 30.1% of grants classified under F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (44 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2015. By volume, Vista sits between Intelligent Energy Limited and NIO USA, Inc..

Vista's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Vista Outdoor Operations LLC moved from 97 to 54 grants (0.56x 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 #2,554. See the growth leaderboard.

Intelligent Energy

219
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219
The Regents of th…

219
Thyssenkrupp Stee…

219
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219
Carl Zeiss Vision…

218
Furukawa Automoti…

218
National Chung Sh…

218
NIO USA

218

What this shows Vista holds 219 patents at rank #1,844, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vista

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,844 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F42B (Explosive Charges)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vista, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F42B (Explosive Charges), Vista ranks #5 of 331 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Carvana, LLC 50 McKesson Corporation 50 PanPsy Technologies, LLC 50 Plansee SE 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.9 here).

Stamicarbon B.V. 12.9 avg Hexcel Composites Limited 12.9 avg Fresenius Vial SAS 12.9 avg Nanning Fugui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. 12.9 avg

Vista's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Vista Outdoor Operations LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	3.2%
2016	12	5.5%
2017	17	7.8%
2018	32	14.6%
2019	44	20.1%
2020	26	11.9%
2021	27	12.3%
2022	24	11.0%
2023	19	8.7%
2024	11	5.0%

Which technologies does Vista Outdoor Operations LLC patent most?

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 66

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 58

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 46

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 15

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 12

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 3

B44C - Producing Decorative Effects ; MOSAICS; Tarsia Work ; Paperhanging 3

C22F - Changing THE Physical Structure OF Non-ferrous Metals AND Non-ferrous Alloys 3

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 3

B21K - Making Forged OR Pressed Metal Products, e.g. Horse-shoes, Rivets, Bolts OR Wheels 3

Top 15 of 33 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

Vista Outdoor Operations LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vista Outdoor Operations LLC's lead technology class is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition), 30.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F42B
Ranked #1,844 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vista Outdoor Operations LLC against Intelligent Energy Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.4/100 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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