Where does Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited ranks #40,167 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 Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited hold?

Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited's Innovation Score?

Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited has an Innovation Score of 27.6 out of 100 (24th 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 Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited focus on?

Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited's top technology area is G07B (Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus) with 5 patents, ranking #41 of 153 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited'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 Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited's patents?

Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited's patents average 19.2 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 Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited 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

Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 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: G07B (Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fastrak ranks #40,167 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 7 technology areas.

#40,167
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.6/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40167 · Foreign Corporation #40,167 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,167/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fapon Biotech
CPC-NARROW G07B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fapon Biotech 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 Fastrak’s 27.6 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 (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (34%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fastrak Retail (UK) · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fastrak's Innovation Score is 27.6/100 (24th 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 Fastrak?

Each dot is one of Fastrak’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). Fastrak’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fastrak's grants concentrate

Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under G07B (Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Fastrak sits between Fapon Biotech Inc. and Feeling Technology Corp..

Fapon Biotech

6
Fashion Lane Hold…

6
Fasmetrics

6
Fastmount

6
Father Flanagan's…

6
Fathom Optics

6
Fawn Engineering

6
Feeling Technology

6
Fastrak Retail (U… ◀

6

What this shows Fastrak holds 6 patents at rank #40,258, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fastrak

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,258 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07B (Ticket-issuing Apparatus)

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

Fastrak's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 24th percentile higher than 24% 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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Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2018	2	33.3%
2019	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited patent most?

G07B - Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus 5

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 4

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 4

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 4

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 4

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 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

Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited's lead technology class is G07B (Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07B
Ranked #40,167 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited against Fapon Biotech Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.6/100 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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