Where does Vtech Telecommunications Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vtech Telecommunications Limited ranks #18,274 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 Vtech Telecommunications Limited hold?

Vtech Telecommunications Limited holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Vtech Telecommunications Limited's Innovation Score?

Vtech Telecommunications Limited has an Innovation Score of 43.9 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%).

What technology areas does Vtech Telecommunications Limited focus on?

Vtech Telecommunications Limited's top technology area is H04M (Telephonic Communication) with 10 patents, ranking #454 of 2,488 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vtech Telecommunications Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vtech Telecommunications Limited's recent grant velocity is -85% 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 Vtech Telecommunications Limited's patents?

Vtech Telecommunications Limited's patents average 19.1 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 Vtech Telecommunications Limited 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

Vtech Telecommunications Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H04M (Telephonic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vtech ranks #18,274 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 7 technology areas.

#18,274
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.9/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -85%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18274 · Foreign Corporation #18,274 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,274/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Valco Instruments
CPC-NARROW H04M · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -85% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Valco Instruments Company, 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 Vtech’s 43.9 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 9.8 pts (22%) Velocity 13.3 pts (30%) Breadth 9.4 pts (21%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (26%)

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What this shows Vtech's Innovation Score is 43.9/100 (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 Vtech?

Each dot is one of Vtech’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). Vtech’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Vtech's grants concentrate

Vtech Telecommunications Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under H04M (Telephonic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Vtech sits between Victor Stanley, LLC and Vapor Technologies, Inc..

Vtech's three-year grant acceleration

Vtech Telecommunications Limited shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Victor Stanley

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Valco Instruments

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Valentx

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Vapor

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Vtech Telecommuni… ◀

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What this shows Vtech holds 16 patents at rank #18,257, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vtech

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,257 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04M (Telephonic Communication)

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

Vtech'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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Vtech Telecommunications Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	31.3%
2016	7	43.8%
2017	1	6.3%
2023	1	6.3%
2024	1	6.3%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Vtech Telecommunications Limited patent most?

H04M - Telephonic Communication 10

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 9

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 8

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Vtech Telecommunications Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vtech Telecommunications Limited's lead technology class is H04M (Telephonic Communication), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04M
Ranked #18,274 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vtech Telecommunications Limited against Victor Stanley, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.9/100 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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