Where does Fanuc Robotics America Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fanuc Robotics America Corporation ranks #31,607 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 Fanuc Robotics America Corporation hold?

Fanuc Robotics America Corporation holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Fanuc Robotics America Corporation's Innovation Score?

Fanuc Robotics America Corporation has an Innovation Score of 26.1 out of 100 (19th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fanuc Robotics America Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fanuc Robotics America Corporation's recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Fanuc Robotics America Corporation's patents?

Fanuc Robotics America Corporation's patents average 16.4 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 Fanuc Robotics America Corporation 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

Fanuc Robotics America Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Fanuc Robotics America Corporation focus on?

Fanuc Robotics America Corporation's top technology area is G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements) with 6 patents, ranking #707 of 3,455 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fanuc ranks #31,607 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#31,607
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.1/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31607 · US Corporation #31,607 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,607/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fagor Arrasate S COOP
CPC-NARROW G05B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fagor Arrasate, S.COOP. (±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 Fanuc’s 26.1 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 7.6 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Fanuc Robotics America · this assignee

26
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What this shows Fanuc's Innovation Score is 26.1/100 (19th 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 Fanuc?

Each dot is one of Fanuc’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). Fanuc’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fanuc's grants concentrate

Fanuc Robotics America Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Fanuc sits between Fagor Arrasate, S.COOP. and Fasoo Co., Ltd.

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What this shows Fanuc holds 8 patents at rank #31,603, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fanuc

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,603 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN General)

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

Fanuc's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Fanuc Robotics America Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	62.5%
2016	1	12.5%
2019	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Fanuc Robotics America Corporation patent most?

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 6

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Fanuc Robotics America Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fanuc Robotics America Corporation's lead technology class is G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05B
Ranked #31,607 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fanuc Robotics America Corporation against Fagor Arrasate, S.COOP., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.1/100 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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