Where does FC Brands LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), FC Brands LLC ranks #7,264 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 FC Brands LLC hold?

FC Brands LLC holds 45 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is FC Brands LLC's Innovation Score?

FC Brands LLC has an Innovation Score of 20.4 out of 100 (7th 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 FC Brands LLC focus on?

FC Brands LLC's top technology area is C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge) with 1 patents, ranking #913 of 1,366 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

Is FC Brands LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

FC Brands LLC's recent grant velocity is -12% 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 FC Brands LLC's patents?

FC Brands LLC's patents average 1.1 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 FC Brands LLC 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

FC Brands LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 45 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, FC ranks #7,264 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 45 patents across 1 technology areas.

#7,264
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.4/100): 1.1
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7264 · US Corporation #7,264 · 45 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 45 grants
UPPER-Q #7,264/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DevFactory Innovatio…
CPC-NARROW C02F · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DevFactory Innovations Fz-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 FC’s 20.4 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 13.2 pts (65%) Velocity 3.0 pts (15%) Breadth 3.5 pts (17%) Claim depth 0.7 pts (3%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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FC Brands · this assignee

20
Guangdong Roman… · near

20
Hutzler Manufacturing · near

20
Xiamen Iebs Hi-tech · near

20
Mologen · near

20
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows FC's Innovation Score is 20.4/100 (7th 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 FC?

Each dot is one of FC’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). FC’s own 1.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where FC's grants concentrate

FC Brands LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 2.2% of grants classified under C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, FC sits between DevFactory Innovations Fz-llc and Furrion Property Holding Limited.

FC's three-year grant acceleration

FC Brands LLC shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Devfactory Innova…

45
Diehl Metering

45
Druva

45
Enlighted

45
Fondation B-com

45
Fortress Iron

45
Franklin Fueling…

45
Furrion Property…

45
FC Brands ◀

45

What this shows FC holds 45 patents at rank #7,263, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near FC

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,263 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C02F (Treatment OF Water)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for FC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C02F (Treatment OF Water), FC ranks #913 of 1,366 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (20 here).

Hutzler Manufacturing Co., Inc. 20 Guangdong Roman Technology Co., Ltd. 20 Xiamen Iebs Hi-tech Co., Ltd. 20 Mologen AG 20

FC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

20 7th percentile higher than 7% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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FC Brands LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	6	13.3%
2017	5	11.1%
2018	8	17.8%
2019	5	11.1%
2020	5	11.1%
2021	8	17.8%
2022	3	6.7%
2023	2	4.4%
2024	3	6.7%

Which technologies does FC Brands LLC patent most?

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

Top 1 of 1 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

FC Brands LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

FC Brands LLC's lead technology class is C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge), 2.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C02F
Ranked #7,264 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare FC Brands LLC against DevFactory Innovations Fz-llc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.4/100 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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