Where does Faro Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Faro Technologies, Inc. ranks #1,070 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 Faro Technologies, Inc. hold?

Faro Technologies, Inc. holds 403 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 58 technology areas.

What is Faro Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Faro Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 60.4 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Faro Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Faro Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Faro Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Faro Technologies, 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 Faro Technologies, 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

Faro Technologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Faro Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Faro Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours) with 262 patents, ranking #2 of 2,030 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 58 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 403 granted patents across 58 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: G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Faro ranks #1,070 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 403 patents across 58 technology areas.

#1,070
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.4/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1070 · US Corporation #1,070 · 403 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 403 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,070/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Amorepacific
CPC-WIDE G01B · 58 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Amorepacific Corporation (±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 Faro’s 60.4 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 20.7 pts (34%) Velocity 5.0 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
UAB 360 IT · near

60
Faro · this assignee

60
JSR · near

60
Electrolux Appliance… · near

60
Emory University · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Faro's Innovation Score is 60.4/100 (top 3% 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 Faro?

Each dot is one of Faro’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). Faro’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Faro's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Faro Technologies, Inc. received 166 grants versus 220 in 2015–2019 (-25% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 52 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 27. Lead class G01B accounts for 65% of the portfolio across 58 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Fox Factory, Inc. (#1,066) and Electrolux Home Products, Inc. (#1,074).

Faro's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Faro Technologies, Inc. moved from 117 to 88 grants (0.75x 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 #1,977. See the growth leaderboard.

Fox Factory

405
Twitter

405
Cavium

404
Amorepacific

403
Imam Abdulrahman…

403
Mobileye Vision

403
Faro ◀

403
Dow Silicones

402
Electrolux Home P…

401

What this shows Faro holds 403 patents at rank #1,070, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Faro

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,070 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01B (Measuring Length)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Faro, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01B (Measuring Length), Faro ranks #2 of 2,030 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

JSR Corporation 60 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag 60 Emory University 60 UAB 360 IT 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.1 here).

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. 16.1 avg Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH 16.1 avg Lennox Industries Inc. 16.1 avg United Technologies Corporation 16.1 avg

Faro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Faro Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	37	9.2%
2016	51	12.7%
2017	52	12.9%
2018	41	10.2%
2019	39	9.7%
2020	42	10.4%
2021	36	8.9%
2022	27	6.7%
2023	28	6.9%
2024	33	8.2%
2025partial year	17	4.2%

Which technologies does Faro Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 262

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 220

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 166

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 154

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 132

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 59

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 40

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 32

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 27

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 20

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 15

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 13

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

H04B - Transmission 9

Top 15 of 58 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

Faro Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Faro Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours), 65% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01B
Ranked #1,070 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Faro Technologies, Inc. against Fox Factory, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.4/100 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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