Where does Vortex Pipe Systems LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vortex Pipe Systems LLC ranks #11,863 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 Vortex Pipe Systems LLC hold?

Vortex Pipe Systems LLC holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Vortex Pipe Systems LLC's Innovation Score?

Vortex Pipe Systems LLC has an Innovation Score of 56.4 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Vortex Pipe Systems LLC focus on?

Vortex Pipe Systems LLC's top technology area is F15D (Fluid Dynamics, i.e. Methods OR Means FOR Influencing THE Flow OF Gases OR Liquids) with 17 patents, ranking #1 of 110 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vortex Pipe Systems LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vortex Pipe Systems LLC's recent grant velocity is +2100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Vortex Pipe Systems LLC's patents?

Vortex Pipe Systems LLC's patents average 23.1 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 Vortex Pipe Systems LLC 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

Vortex Pipe Systems LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: F15D (Fluid Dynamics, i.e. Methods OR Means FOR Influencing THE Flow OF Gases OR Liquids).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vortex ranks #11,863 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 12 technology areas.

#11,863
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.4/100): 23.1
avg claims per patent: +2100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11863 · US Corporation #11,863 · 26 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,863/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Velico Medical
CPC-FOCUS F15D · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +2100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Velico Medical 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 Vortex’s 56.4 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 11.4 pts (20%) Velocity 18.9 pts (34%) Breadth 12.2 pts (22%) Claim depth 13.9 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arcom Digital · near

56
Hollister Incorporated · near

56
Miltenyi Biotec B V… · near

56
Rovi Product · near

56
Vortex Pipe Systems · this assignee

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vortex's Innovation Score is 56.4/100 (top 6% 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 Vortex?

Each dot is one of Vortex’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). Vortex’s own 23.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Vortex's grants concentrate

Vortex Pipe Systems LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 65.4% of grants classified under F15D (Fluid Dynamics, i.e. Methods OR Means FOR Influencing THE Flow OF Gases OR Liquids). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Vortex sits between Vuno Inc. and Wing Hing Manufacturing Company Limited.

Vortex's three-year grant acceleration

Vortex Pipe Systems LLC shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Vuno

26
Vyaire Medical Co…

26
Velico Medical

26
Vitec Holdings It…

26
Wandisco

26
West China Hospit…

26
Whirlpool Emea S…

26
Wing Hing Manufac…

26
Vortex Pipe Syste… ◀

26

What this shows Vortex holds 26 patents at rank #11,865, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vortex

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,865 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F15D (Fluid Dynamics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vortex, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F15D (Fluid Dynamics), Vortex ranks #1 of 110 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Rovi Product Corporation 56 Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG 56 Arcom Digital, LLC 56 Hollister Incorporated 56

Vortex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Vortex Pipe Systems LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	3.8%
2020	2	7.7%
2021	3	11.5%
2022	6	23.1%
2023	6	23.1%
2024	5	19.2%
2025partial year	3	11.5%

Which technologies does Vortex Pipe Systems LLC patent most?

F15D - Fluid Dynamics, i.e. Methods OR Means FOR Influencing THE Flow OF Gases OR Liquids 17

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 14

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 10

F15C - Fluid-circuit Elements Predominantly Used FOR Computing OR Control Purposes 10

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 7

F17D - Pipe-line SYSTEMS; Pipe-lines 7

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 6

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 3

E03F - SEWERS; Cesspools 2

E01F - Additional Work, Such AS Equipping Roads OR THE Construction OF Platforms, Helicopter Landing Stages, Signs, Snow Fences, OR THE Like 2

E02B - Hydraulic Engineering 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

Top 12 of 12 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

Vortex Pipe Systems LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vortex Pipe Systems LLC's lead technology class is F15D (Fluid Dynamics, i.e. Methods OR Means FOR Influencing THE Flow OF Gases OR Liquids), 65.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F15D
Ranked #11,863 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vortex Pipe Systems LLC against Vuno Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.4/100 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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