Where does Federal Card Services, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Federal Card Services, LLC ranks #19,762 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 Federal Card Services, LLC hold?

Federal Card Services, LLC holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Federal Card Services, LLC's Innovation Score?

Federal Card Services, LLC has an Innovation Score of 46.3 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Federal Card Services, LLC focus on?

Federal Card Services, LLC's top technology area is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers) with 10 patents, ranking #225 of 1,953 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Federal Card Services, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Federal Card Services, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Federal Card Services, LLC's patents?

Federal Card Services, LLC's patents average 15.1 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 Federal Card Services, 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

Federal Card Services, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Federal ranks #19,762 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 5 technology areas.

#19,762
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.3/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19762 · US Corporation #19,762 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,762/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH F-1 Research…
CPC-NARROW G06K · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: F-1 Research LLC—Patent Series (±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 Federal’s 46.3 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 9.4 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (43%) Breadth 7.9 pts (17%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Federal Card Services · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Federal's Innovation Score is 46.3/100 (top 21% 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 Federal?

Each dot is one of Federal’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). Federal’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Federal's grants concentrate

Federal Card Services, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Federal sits between F-1 Research LLC—Patent Series and Firstface Co., Ltd..

Federal's three-year grant acceleration

Federal Card Services, LLC shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

F-1 Research —Pat…

14
Fanlight

14
Faraday Semi

14
Farouk Systems

14
Feelux

14
Ferring Internati…

14
Fiberweb

14
Firstface

14
Federal Card Serv… ◀

14

What this shows Federal holds 14 patents at rank #19,758, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Federal

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,758 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06K (Graphical Data Reading)

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

Federal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Federal Card Services, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	7.1%
2021	1	7.1%
2022	8	57.1%
2023	1	7.1%
2024	1	7.1%
2025partial year	2	14.3%

Which technologies does Federal Card Services, LLC patent most?

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 10

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Federal Card Services, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Federal Card Services, LLC's lead technology class is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06K
Ranked #19,762 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Federal Card Services, LLC against F-1 Research LLC—Patent Series, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.