Where does Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO) rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO) ranks #16,499 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO)'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO)'s recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO)'s patents?

Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO)'s patents average 14.9 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO)

Q: How many patents does Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO) hold?

Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO) holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 42 technology areas.

Q: What is Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO)'s Innovation Score?

Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO) has an Innovation Score of 43.7 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: How is the Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO) 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 - 18 granted patents across 42 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: Y02B (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vlaamse ranks #16,499 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 42 technology areas.

#16,499
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.7/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16499 · Foreign Corporation #16,499 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,499/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ViaLase
CPC-WIDE Y02B · 42 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ViaLase, 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 Vlaamse’s 43.7 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 10.2 pts (23%) Velocity 1.7 pts (4%) Breadth 22.9 pts (52%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Goji · near

44
Koolbridge Solar · near

44
Ortronics · near

44
Synaptics Japan GK · near

44
Vlaamse Instelling… · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vlaamse's Innovation Score is 43.7/100 (top 27% 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 Vlaamse?

Each dot is one of Vlaamse’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). Vlaamse’s own 14.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Vlaamse's grants concentrate

Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO) is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 16.7% of grants classified under Y02B (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Vlaamse sits between ViaLase, Inc. and Whealthfields (HONG KONG) Limited.

Vlaamse's three-year grant acceleration

Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO) shows 1 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.

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What this shows Vlaamse holds 18 patents at rank #16,501, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vlaamse

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,501 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02B (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vlaamse, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02B (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings), Vlaamse ranks #983 of 2,605 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Koolbridge Solar, Inc. 44 Ortronics, Inc. 44 Goji Limited 44 Synaptics Japan GK 44

Vlaamse's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	27.8%
2016	4	22.2%
2017	2	11.1%
2018	2	11.1%
2019	2	11.1%
2020	2	11.1%
2022	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO) patent most?

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

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 2

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 2

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 2

C22C - Alloys 2

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 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

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

B01D - Separation 2

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

B09C - Reclamation OF Contaminated Soil 1

Top 15 of 42 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

Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO)'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO)'s lead technology class is Y02B (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications), 16.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02B
Ranked #16,499 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO) against ViaLase, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.7/100 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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