Where does Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV) rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV) ranks #25,518 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV)'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV)'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 Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV)'s patents?

Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV)'s patents average 17.0 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV)

Q: How is the Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV) 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 - 11 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: B01D (Separation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vito ranks #25,518 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 24 technology areas.

#25,518
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.1/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25518 · Foreign Corporation #25,518 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,518/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Visier Solutions
CPC-FOCUS B01D · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Visier Solutions, 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 Vito’s 41.1 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 8.6 pts (21%) Velocity 5.0 pts (12%) Breadth 17.3 pts (42%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Wahoo Fitness · near

41
Climate Master · near

41
Vito (VLAAMSE… · this assignee

41
Kendrion (VILLINGEN) · near

41
Pixium Vision · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vito's Innovation Score is 41.1/100 (top 34% 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 Vito?

Each dot is one of Vito’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). Vito’s own 17.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Vito's grants concentrate

Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV) is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 63.6% of grants classified under B01D (Separation). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Vito sits between Visier Solutions, Inc. and VYGON.

Vito's three-year grant acceleration

Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV) shows 3 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.

Visier Solutions

11
Visionary VR

11
Visionat Internat…

11
Visunex Medical S…

11
Vivonic

11
VON ARX

11
Vpay

11
Vygon

11
Vito (Vlaamse Ins… ◀

11

What this shows Vito holds 11 patents at rank #25,482, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vito

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,482 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01D (Separation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vito, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01D (Separation), Vito ranks #685 of 3,536 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Climate Master, Inc. 41 Pixium Vision SA 41 Kendrion (VILLINGEN) GMBH 41 Wahoo Fitness LLC 41

Vito's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	9.1%
2018	3	27.3%
2019	2	18.2%
2021	2	18.2%
2023	3	27.3%

Which technologies does Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV) patent most?

B01D - Separation 7

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

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 2

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 2

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

B28B - Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 2

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 2

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

Top 15 of 24 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV)'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV)'s lead technology class is B01D (Separation), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01D
Ranked #25,518 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV) against Visier Solutions, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.1/100 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

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.