Where does Vulco S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vulco S.A. ranks #23,653 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 Vulco S.A. hold?

Vulco S.A. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Vulco S.A.'s Innovation Score?

Vulco S.A. has an Innovation Score of 52.0 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Vulco S.A. focus on?

Vulco S.A.'s top technology area is B04C (Apparatus Using Free Vortex Flow, e.g. Cyclones) with 6 patents, ranking #10 of 115 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vulco S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vulco S.A.'s recent grant velocity is -29% 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 Vulco S.A.'s patents?

Vulco S.A.'s patents average 19.0 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 Vulco S.A. 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

Vulco S.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B04C (Apparatus Using Free Vortex Flow, e.g. Cyclones).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vulco ranks #23,653 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 11 technology areas.

#23,653
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (52.0/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: -29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23653 · Foreign Corporation #23,653 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,653/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vacular Solutions
CPC-FOCUS B04C · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vacular Solutions, 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 Vulco’s 52.0 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 8.9 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 11.7 pts (23%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Vulco · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vulco's Innovation Score is 52.0/100 (top 11% 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 Vulco?

Each dot is one of Vulco’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). Vulco’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Vulco's grants concentrate

Vulco S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B04C (Apparatus Using Free Vortex Flow, e.g. Cyclones). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Vulco sits between VLP Therapeutics, Inc. and Valor Communication, Inc..

Vulco's three-year grant acceleration

Vulco S.A. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

VLP Therapeutics

12
Vocalink

12
Volvo Group North…

12
Volvo Technology

12
Vysk Communicatio…

12
Vacular Solutions

12
Valeo Radar Syste…

12
Valor Communicati…

12
Vulco ◀

12

What this shows Vulco holds 12 patents at rank #23,623, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vulco

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,623 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B04C (Apparatus Using Free Vortex Flow)

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

Vulco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Vulco S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	16.7%
2016	3	25.0%
2017	2	16.7%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	1	8.3%
2023	1	8.3%
2024	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Vulco S.A. patent most?

B04C - Apparatus Using Free Vortex Flow, e.g. Cyclones 6

B01D - Separation 4

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 3

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 3

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 3

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B03D - FLOTATION; Differential Sedimentation 1

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

Vulco S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vulco S.A.'s lead technology class is B04C (Apparatus Using Free Vortex Flow, e.g. Cyclones), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B04C
Ranked #23,653 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vulco S.A. against VLP Therapeutics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.0/100 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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