Where does Fedex Corporate Services Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fedex Corporate Services Inc. ranks #2,007 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 Fedex Corporate Services Inc. hold?

Fedex Corporate Services Inc. holds 199 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 49 technology areas.

What is Fedex Corporate Services Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Fedex Corporate Services Inc. has an Innovation Score of 62.2 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fedex Corporate Services Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fedex Corporate Services Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +49% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Fedex Corporate Services Inc.'s patents?

Fedex Corporate Services Inc.'s patents average 45.7 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 Fedex Corporate Services Inc. 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

Fedex Corporate Services Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Fedex Corporate Services Inc. focus on?

Fedex Corporate Services Inc.'s top technology area is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 164 patents, ranking #91 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 49 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 199 granted patents across 49 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fedex ranks #2,007 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 199 patents across 49 technology areas.

#2,007
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.2/100): 45.7
avg claims per patent: +49%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2007 · US Corporation #2,007 · 199 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 199 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,007/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Globeride
CPC-WIDE G06Q · 49 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 45.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +49% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Globeride, 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 Fedex’s 62.2 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 18.3 pts (29%) Velocity 4.1 pts (7%) Breadth 24.7 pts (40%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Silicon Works · near

62
Celanese International · near

62
Fedex Corporate… · this assignee

62
Malikie Innovations · near

62
Lextar · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fedex's Innovation Score is 62.2/100 (top 2% 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 Fedex?

Each dot is one of Fedex’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). Fedex’s own 45.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fedex's grants concentrate

Fedex Corporate Services Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 49 CPC subclasses with 82.4% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (34 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2024. By volume, Fedex sits between Razor USA LLC and Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC.

Fedex's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Fedex Corporate Services Inc. moved from 84 to 52 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 #2,395. See the growth leaderboard.

Razor USA

200
Signode Industria…

200
Skydio

200
Vermeer Manufactu…

200
Globeride

199
Kraft Foods Group…

199
Nippon Sheet Glass

199
Sorenson IP Holdi…

199
Fedex Corporate S… ◀

199

What this shows Fedex holds 199 patents at rank #2,007, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fedex

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,007 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Fedex, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…), Fedex ranks #91 of 6,520 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Celanese International Corporation 62 Malikie Innovations Limited 62 Lextar Electronics Corporation 62 Silicon Works Co., Ltd. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (45.7 here).

Jcbd, LLC 45.6 avg IP Reservoir, LLC 44.9 avg Essenlix Corporation 44.4 avg Bright Data Ltd. 47.8 avg

Fedex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

View data table

Fedex Corporate Services Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	5.0%
2016	7	3.5%
2017	14	7.0%
2018	32	16.1%
2019	17	8.5%
2020	33	16.6%
2021	34	17.1%
2022	18	9.0%
2023	28	14.1%
2024	6	3.0%

Which technologies does Fedex Corporate Services Inc. patent most?

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 164

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 151

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 120

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 101

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 97

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 86

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 84

H04B - Transmission 75

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 69

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 66

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 66

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 55

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 55

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 54

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 53

Top 15 of 49 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

Fedex Corporate Services Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fedex Corporate Services Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 82.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #2,007 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fedex Corporate Services Inc. against Razor USA LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.2/100 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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