Where does Voestalpine VAE GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Voestalpine VAE GMBH ranks #27,794 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 Voestalpine VAE GMBH hold?

Voestalpine VAE GMBH holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Voestalpine VAE GMBH's Innovation Score?

Voestalpine VAE GMBH has an Innovation Score of 27.8 out of 100 (25th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Voestalpine VAE GMBH focus on?

Voestalpine VAE GMBH's top technology area is E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds) with 10 patents, ranking #14 of 117 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Voestalpine VAE GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Voestalpine VAE GMBH's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Voestalpine VAE GMBH's patents?

Voestalpine VAE GMBH's patents average 10.6 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 Voestalpine VAE GMBH 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 Foreign Corporation

Voestalpine VAE GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 6 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: E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Voestalpine ranks #27,794 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 6 technology areas.

#27,794
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 25th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.8/100): 10.6
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27794 · Foreign Corporation #27,794 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,794/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vishay Sprague
CPC-NARROW E01B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vishay Sprague, 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 Voestalpine’s 27.8 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 8.3 pts (30%) Velocity 4.4 pts (16%) Breadth 8.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Voestalpine VAE · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Voestalpine's Innovation Score is 27.8/100 (25th percentile 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 Voestalpine?

Each dot is one of Voestalpine’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). Voestalpine’s own 10.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Voestalpine's grants concentrate

Voestalpine VAE GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Voestalpine sits between Vishay Sprague, Inc. and Vtec Consulting LLC.

Voestalpine's three-year grant acceleration

Voestalpine VAE GMBH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Vishay Sprague

10
Vismunda SRL

10
Vistagen Therapue…

10
Vivere

10
Voti

10
Voxy

10
VSI

10
Vtec Consulting

10
Voestalpine VAE ◀

10

What this shows Voestalpine holds 10 patents at rank #27,750, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Voestalpine

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,750 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E01B (Permanent WAY)

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

Voestalpine's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 25th percentile higher than 25% 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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Voestalpine VAE GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2016	3	30.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2022	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Voestalpine VAE GMBH patent most?

E01B - Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds 10

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 2

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 2

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

B21K - Making Forged OR Pressed Metal Products, e.g. Horse-shoes, Rivets, Bolts OR Wheels 1

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Voestalpine VAE GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Voestalpine VAE GMBH's lead technology class is E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E01B
Ranked #27,794 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Voestalpine VAE GMBH against Vishay Sprague, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.8/100 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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