Where does FCI USA LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), FCI USA LLC ranks #3,475 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 USA LLC hold?

FCI USA LLC holds 106 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is FCI USA LLC's Innovation Score?

FCI USA LLC has an Innovation Score of 44.8 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

FCI USA LLC's recent grant velocity is +64% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for FCI USA LLC's patents?

FCI USA LLC's patents average 21.4 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 FCI USA 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 USA LLC

Q: What technology areas does FCI USA LLC focus on?

FCI USA 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 94 patents, ranking #40 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 106 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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 #3,475 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 106 patents across 11 technology areas.

#3,475
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.8/100): 21.4
avg claims per patent: +64%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3475 · US Corporation #3,475 · 106 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 106 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,475/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Charles Schwab &
CPC-FOCUS H01R · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +64% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Charles Schwab & Co., 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 FCI’s 44.8 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 16.1 pts (36%) Velocity 4.1 pts (9%) Breadth 11.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 12.8 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
FCI USA · this assignee

45
Hirose Electric · near

45
inVia Robotics · near

45
Qnovo · near

45
Trimble AB · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows FCI's Innovation Score is 44.8/100 (top 25% 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 FCI?

Each dot is one of FCI’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). FCI’s own 21.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where FCI's grants concentrate

FCI USA LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 88.7% 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 2019 (22 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, FCI sits between Chongqing University and Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS).

FCI's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, FCI USA LLC moved from 50 to 31 grants (0.62x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,391. See the growth leaderboard.

Chongqing Univers…

106
Convatec

106
Charles Schwab &

106
Colorado School o…

106
Festool

106
Fujifilm Material…

106
Hadasit Medical R…

106
Indian Institute…

106
FCI USA ◀

106

What this shows FCI holds 106 patents at rank #3,475, 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 #3,475 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). In H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections), FCI ranks #40 of 2,265 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. 45 inVia Robotics, Inc. 45 Trimble AB 45 Qnovo Inc. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.4 here).

Cardiovalve Ltd. 21.4 avg TiVo Solutions Inc. 21.4 avg ecoATM, LLC 21.4 avg Box, Inc. 21.4 avg

FCI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

FCI USA LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	0.9%
2018	13	12.3%
2019	22	20.8%
2020	16	15.1%
2021	12	11.3%
2022	9	8.5%
2023	14	13.2%
2024	8	7.5%
2025partial year	11	10.4%

Which technologies does FCI USA LLC patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 94

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 18

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 8

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

H04B - Transmission 3

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 2

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

H04Q - Selecting 1

Top 11 of 11 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

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

FCI USA 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), 88.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #3,475 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare FCI USA LLC against Chongqing University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.8/100 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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