Where does Famous Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Famous Industries, Inc. ranks #22,565 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 Famous Industries, Inc. hold?

Famous Industries, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Famous Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Famous Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.9 out of 100 (25th 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 Famous Industries, Inc. focus on?

Famous Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 8 patents, ranking #4,318 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Famous Industries, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Famous Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Famous Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Famous Industries, Inc.'s patents average 16.1 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 Famous Industries, 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

Famous Industries, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Famous ranks #22,565 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 7 technology areas.

#22,565
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 25th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.9/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22565 · US Corporation #22,565 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,565/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH FarmX
CPC-NARROW G06F · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: FarmX 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 Famous’s 27.9 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 8.9 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (34%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Famous Industries · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Famous's Innovation Score is 27.9/100 (25th 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 Famous?

Each dot is one of Famous’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). Famous’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Famous's grants concentrate

Famous Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Famous sits between Futamura Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha and Fibro Source U.S.A. Inc..

Futamura Kagaku

12
Futu Network Tech…

12
Fuvi Cognitive Ne…

12
FXI

12
Farmx

12
Feinmetall

12
Fiagon

12
Fibro Source U

12
Famous Industries ◀

12

What this shows Famous holds 12 patents at rank #22,597, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Famous

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,597 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Famous's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 25th percentile higher than 25% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Famous Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	8.3%
2017	4	33.3%
2019	3	25.0%
2020	3	25.0%
2021	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Famous Industries, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 5

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 5

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 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

Famous Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Famous Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #22,565 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Famous Industries, Inc. against Futamura Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.