Where does VLT, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), VLT, Inc. ranks #5,904 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 VLT, Inc. hold?

VLT, Inc. holds 58 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is VLT, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

VLT, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.4 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

VLT, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -71% 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 VLT, Inc.'s patents?

VLT, Inc.'s patents average 26.6 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 VLT, 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

VLT, Inc.

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

VLT, Inc.'s top technology area is H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof) with 28 patents. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 58 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, VLT ranks #5,904 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 58 patents across 24 technology areas.

#5,904
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.4/100): 26.6
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5904 · US Corporation #5,904 · 58 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 58 grants
UPPER-Q #5,904/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Uhnder
CPC-FOCUS H02M · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Uhnder, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bluestar Silicones… · near

46
Markem-Imaje · near

46
Sundance Spas · near

46
VLT · this assignee

46
Zhejiang Orient… · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows VLT's Innovation Score is 46.4/100 (top 21% 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.

Where VLT's grants concentrate

VLT, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 48.3% of grants classified under H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (13 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2017. By volume, VLT sits between Unitika Ltd. and Zinus Inc..

Unitika

58
University OF Cap…

58
Uhnder

58
Universitat Polit…

58
Voss Automotive

58
Wits

58
Zhen Ding Technol…

58
Zinus

58
VLT ◀

58

What this shows VLT holds 58 patents at rank #5,903, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near VLT

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,903 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for VLT, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Markem-Imaje Corporation 46 Zhejiang Orient Gene Biotech Co., Ltd 46 Bluestar Silicones France SAS 46 Sundance Spas, Inc. 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (26.6 here).

Archer Aviation Inc. 26.6 avg Fisher-rosemount Systems, Inc. 26.6 avg Rearden, LLC 26.7 avg OrVance, LLC 26.7 avg

VLT's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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VLT, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	12.1%
2016	11	19.0%
2017	5	8.6%
2018	12	20.7%
2019	10	17.2%
2020	13	22.4%

Which technologies does VLT, Inc. patent most?

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 28

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 23

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 22

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 12

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 9

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 7

H03K - Pulse Technique 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

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 5

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 5

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

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

Top 15 of 24 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,904

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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VLT, Inc.'s lead technology class is H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;), 48.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02M
Ranked #5,904 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare VLT, Inc. against Unitika Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.4/100 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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