Where does Vortech Engineering, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vortech Engineering, Inc. ranks #30,578 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 Vortech Engineering, Inc. hold?

Vortech Engineering, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2022, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Vortech Engineering, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Vortech Engineering, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.3 out of 100 (23rd 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 Vortech Engineering, Inc. focus on?

Vortech Engineering, Inc.'s top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating) with 5 patents, ranking #429 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Vortech Engineering, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Vortech Engineering, Inc.'s patents?

Vortech Engineering, Inc.'s patents average 9.4 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 Vortech Engineering, 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

Vortech Engineering, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2022. 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vortech ranks #30,578 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 11 technology areas.

#30,578
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 23rd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.3/100): 9.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30578 · US Corporation #30,578 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,578/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vitalchat
CPC-FOCUS F16K · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2022 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vitalchat, 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 Vortech’s 27.3 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 8.0 pts (29%) Velocity 1.9 pts (7%) Breadth 11.7 pts (43%) Claim depth 5.7 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Vortech Engineering · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vortech's Innovation Score is 27.3/100 (23rd 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 Vortech?

Each dot is one of Vortech’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). Vortech’s own 9.4 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Vortech's grants concentrate

Vortech Engineering, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Vortech sits between Vitalchat, Inc. and Vulcan Technologies Shanghai Co., Ltd..

Vortech's three-year grant acceleration

Vortech Engineering, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Vitalchat

9
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9
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9
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9
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9
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9
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9
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9
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9

What this shows Vortech holds 9 patents at rank #30,549, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vortech

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,549 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

Vortech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 23rd percentile higher than 23% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2022

Grants by year

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

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Vortech Engineering, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	3	33.3%
2021	4	44.4%
2022	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Vortech Engineering, Inc. patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 5

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 2

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 2

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Vortech Engineering, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vortech Engineering, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #30,578 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vortech Engineering, Inc. against Vitalchat, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.3/100 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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