Where does Fater S.P.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fater S.P.A. ranks #46,682 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 Fater S.P.A. hold?

Fater S.P.A. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Fater S.P.A.'s Innovation Score?

Fater S.P.A. has an Innovation Score of 19.4 out of 100 (6th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fater S.P.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fater S.P.A.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Fater S.P.A.'s patents?

Fater S.P.A.'s patents average 5.4 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 Fater S.P.A. 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

Fater S.P.A.

Q: What technology areas does Fater S.P.A. focus on?

Fater S.P.A.'s top technology area is A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles) with 5 patents, ranking #628 of 2,589 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fater ranks #46,682 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 8 technology areas.

#46,682
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 6th percentile
by Innovation Score (19.4/100): 5.4
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46682 · Foreign Corporation #46,682 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,682/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fast-form Systems
CPC-NARROW A61L · 8 areas
INNOV-LOW 19.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fast-form Systems Ltd (±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 Fater’s 19.4 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 6.2 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (52%) Claim depth 3.2 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fater S P A · this assignee

19
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fater's Innovation Score is 19.4/100 (6th 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 Fater?

Each dot is one of Fater’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). Fater’s own 5.4 claims/patent is at or below the 12.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Fater's grants concentrate

Fater S.P.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES;). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Fater sits between Fast-form Systems Ltd and Favagrossa Edoardo S.R.L..

Fast-form Systems

5
Faster S R L

5
Fastlite

5
Fasver

5
Fatigue Technology

5
Faurecia (China)…

5
Faurecia Automoti…

5
Favagrossa Edoard…

5
Fater S P A ◀

5

What this shows Fater holds 5 patents at rank #46,679, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fater

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,679 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects…)

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

Fater's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

19 6th percentile higher than 6% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Fater S.P.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	60.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Fater S.P.A. patent most?

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 5

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 4

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 4

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 4

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 4

B09B - Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Fater S.P.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fater S.P.A.'s lead technology class is A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES;), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61L
Ranked #46,682 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fater S.P.A. against Fast-form Systems Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 19.4/100 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

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