Where does FCI Americas Technology LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), FCI Americas Technology LLC ranks #3,626 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 FCI Americas Technology LLC hold?

FCI Americas Technology LLC holds 101 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is FCI Americas Technology LLC's Innovation Score?

FCI Americas Technology LLC has an Innovation Score of 33.9 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is FCI Americas Technology LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

FCI Americas Technology LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 FCI Americas Technology LLC's patents?

FCI Americas Technology LLC's patents average 11.3 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 FCI Americas Technology 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

FCI Americas Technology LLC

Q: What technology areas does FCI Americas Technology LLC focus on?

FCI Americas Technology LLC's top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 46 patents. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 101 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, FCI ranks #3,626 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 101 patents across 10 technology areas.

#3,626
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.9/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3626 · US Corporation #3,626 · 101 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 101 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,626/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Consiglio Nazionale…
CPC-FOCUS H01R · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
A K Stamping · near

34
FCI Americas… · this assignee

34
Samsung PAY · near

34
Screen Semiconductor… · near

34
ROE Visual · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows FCI's Innovation Score is 33.9/100 (46th 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.

Where FCI's grants concentrate

FCI Americas Technology LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 45.5% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (37 grants) versus a trough of 8 in 2018. By volume, FCI sits between Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche and Lucas Automotive GMBH.

Consiglio Naziona…

101
CPG

101
Curna

101
Delphi Internatio…

101
Fameccanica Data…

101
HM Clause

101
James Hardie Tech…

101
Lucas Automotive

101
FCI Americas Tech… ◀

101

What this shows FCI holds 101 patents at rank #3,625, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near FCI

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,625 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for FCI, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Screen Semiconductor Solutions Co., Ltd. 34 A.K. Stamping Company, Inc. 34 Samsung PAY, Inc. 34 ROE Visual Co Ltd 34

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.3 here).

Future Motion, Inc. 11.3 avg Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd. 11.3 avg Broan-NuTone LLC 11.3 avg Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Co., Ltd. 11.3 avg

FCI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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FCI Americas Technology LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	35	34.7%
2016	37	36.6%
2017	21	20.8%
2018	8	7.9%

Which technologies does FCI Americas Technology LLC patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 46

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 21

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 9

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 3

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

H04B - Transmission 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,626

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

33.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

FCI Americas Technology LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

FCI Americas Technology LLC's lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 45.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #3,626 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare FCI Americas Technology LLC against Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.9/100 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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