Where does Facebook Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Facebook Technologies, LLC ranks #207 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 Facebook Technologies, LLC hold?

Facebook Technologies, LLC holds 1,950 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2022, spanning 151 technology areas.

What is Facebook Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

Facebook Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 63.9 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Facebook Technologies, LLC focus on?

Facebook Technologies, LLC's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 1,026 patents, ranking #14 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 151 CPC subclasses total.

Is Facebook Technologies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Facebook Technologies, LLC's recent grant velocity is +377% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Facebook Technologies, LLC's patents?

Facebook Technologies, LLC's patents average 18.4 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 Facebook Technologies, 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

Facebook Technologies, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,950 granted patents across 151 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Facebook ranks #207 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,950 patents across 151 technology areas.

#207
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.9/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: +377%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R207 · US Corporation #207 · 1,950 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.9K grants
TOP-DECILE #207/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Casio Computer
CPC-WIDE G02B · 151 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +377% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (±1 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 Facebook’s 63.9 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 26.2 pts (41%) Velocity 1.7 pts (3%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Citrix Systems · near

64
Advanced New · near

64
Facebook · this assignee

64
L'Air Liquide… · near

64
BYD · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Facebook's Innovation Score is 63.9/100 (top 2% 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 Facebook?

Each dot is one of Facebook’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). Facebook’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Facebook's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Facebook Technologies, LLC received 1,612 grants versus 338 in 2015–2019 (+377% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 648 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 24. Lead class G02B accounts for 52.6% of the portfolio across 151 subclasses. Volume neighbours: King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals (#203) and Waymo LLC (#211).

Facebook's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Facebook Technologies, LLC moved from 1,534 to 392 grants (0.26x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,036. See the growth leaderboard.

King Fahd Univers…

2,002
Subaru

1,977
Lam Research

1,965
Magic Leap

1,959
Facebook ◀

1,950
Casio Computer

1,949
Mazda Motor

1,922
Sonos

1,911
Waymo

1,901

What this shows Facebook holds 1,950 patents at rank #207, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Facebook

By rank, the assignees closest to #207 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Facebook, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Facebook ranks #14 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd. 64 L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude 64 Citrix Systems, Inc. 64 BYD Company Limited 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.4 here).

Transform SR Brands LLC 18.4 avg Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated 18.4 avg Really Right Stuff, LLC 18.4 avg First Orion Corp. 18.4 avg

Facebook's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Facebook Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	24	1.2%
2019	314	16.1%
2020	572	29.3%
2021	648	33.2%
2022	392	20.1%

Which technologies does Facebook Technologies, LLC patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1,026

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 863

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 507

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 312

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 247

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 184

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 161

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 156

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 148

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 132

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 91

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 82

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 76

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 61

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 60

Top 15 of 151 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

Facebook Technologies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Facebook Technologies, LLC's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 52.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #207 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Facebook Technologies, LLC against King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.9/100 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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