Where does Farobot Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Farobot Inc. ranks #40,162 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 Farobot Inc. hold?

Farobot Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Farobot Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Farobot Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.5 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Farobot Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Farobot Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Farobot Inc.'s patents?

Farobot Inc.'s patents average 11.5 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 Farobot 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 Foreign Corporation

Farobot Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Farobot Inc. focus on?

Farobot Inc.'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 3 patents, ranking #1,210 of 3,455 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2024. 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: 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, Farobot ranks #40,162 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#40,162
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.5/100): 11.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40162 · Foreign Corporation #40,162 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,162/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fairbanks Morse
CPC-NARROW G05B · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2023–2024 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fairbanks Morse, LLC (±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 Farobot’s 41.5 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 6.7 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (48%) Breadth 7.9 pts (19%) Claim depth 6.9 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Farobot · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Farobot's Innovation Score is 41.5/100 (top 33% 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 Farobot?

Each dot is one of Farobot’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). Farobot’s own 11.5 claims/patent is at or below the 14.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Farobot's grants concentrate

Farobot Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 50% 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). By volume, Farobot sits between Fairbanks Morse, LLC and Faurecia India Private Limited.

Farobot's three-year grant acceleration

Farobot Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Fairbanks Morse

6
Famenity

6
Family Systems

6
Fanmountain

6
Fastech

6
Faun Trackway

6
Faurecia Clarion…

6
Faurecia India Pr…

6
Farobot ◀

6

What this shows Farobot holds 6 patents at rank #40,147, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Farobot

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,147 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN General)

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

Farobot's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Farobot Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	3	50.0%
2024	3	50.0%

Which technologies does Farobot Inc. patent most?

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Farobot Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Farobot Inc.'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), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05B
Ranked #40,162 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Farobot Inc. against Fairbanks Morse, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.5/100 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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