Where does Vital Connect, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vital Connect, Inc. ranks #4,595 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 Vital Connect, Inc. hold?

Vital Connect, Inc. holds 77 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Vital Connect, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Vital Connect, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.5 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Vital Connect, Inc. focus on?

Vital Connect, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 64 patents, ranking #289 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vital Connect, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vital Connect, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -7% 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 Vital Connect, Inc.'s patents?

Vital Connect, Inc.'s patents average 15.7 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 Vital Connect, 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

Vital Connect, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 77 granted patents across 19 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vital ranks #4,595 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 77 patents across 19 technology areas.

#4,595
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.5/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4595 · US Corporation #4,595 · 77 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 77 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,595/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH mCube
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: mCube, 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 Vital’s 42.5 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 15.0 pts (35%) Velocity 2.6 pts (6%) Breadth 15.4 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aetna · near

42
Cambridge Silicon… · near

42
Janome Sewing Machine · near

42
Patek Philippe Geneve · near

42
Vital Connect · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vital's Innovation Score is 42.5/100 (top 30% 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 Vital?

Each dot is one of Vital’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). Vital’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Vital's grants concentrate

Vital Connect, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 83.1% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (13 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, Vital sits between Ubiquiti Inc. and Alltop Electronics (SUZHOU) Ltd..

Vital's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Vital Connect, Inc. moved from 36 to 14 grants (0.39x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Ubiquiti

77
Umm-al-qura Unive…

77
V Technology

77
Varonis Systems

77
Wuhan University…

77
Zhejiang Sanhua A…

77
mcube

77
Vital Connect ◀

77
Alltop (Suzhou)

76

What this shows Vital holds 77 patents at rank #4,594, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vital

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,594 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vital, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Vital ranks #289 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Patek Philippe SA Geneve 42 Aetna Inc. 42 Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited 42 Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.7 here).

Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research 15.7 avg Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute 15.7 avg Entrust Corporation 15.7 avg Preh GmbH 15.7 avg

Vital's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 30% higher than 70% 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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Vital Connect, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	5.2%
2016	5	6.5%
2017	10	13.0%
2018	8	10.4%
2019	13	16.9%
2020	10	13.0%
2021	13	16.9%
2022	6	7.8%
2023	6	7.8%
2024	2	2.6%

Which technologies does Vital Connect, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 64

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 12

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 11

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 8

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 6

G04F - Time-interval Measuring 5

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 5

H04Q - Selecting 4

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 4

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 4

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Vital Connect, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vital Connect, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 83.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #4,595 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vital Connect, Inc. against Ubiquiti Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.5/100 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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