Where does Fero Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fero Corporation ranks #19,765 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 Fero Corporation hold?

Fero Corporation holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Fero Corporation's Innovation Score?

Fero Corporation has an Innovation Score of 37.7 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Fero Corporation focus on?

Fero Corporation's top technology area is E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors) with 13 patents, ranking #39 of 584 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fero Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fero Corporation's recent grant velocity is +233% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Fero Corporation's patents?

Fero Corporation's patents average 22.9 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 Fero Corporation 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 Foreign Corporation

Fero Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fero ranks #19,765 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 5 technology areas.

#19,765
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.7/100): 22.9
avg claims per patent: +233%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19765 · Foreign Corporation #19,765 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,765/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Faiveley Transport…
CPC-NARROW E04F · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +233% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Faiveley Transport Amiens (±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 Fero’s 37.7 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 (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 7.9 pts (21%) Claim depth 13.8 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fero · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fero's Innovation Score is 37.7/100 (top 43% 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 Fero?

Each dot is one of Fero’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). Fero’s own 22.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fero's grants concentrate

Fero Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 92.9% of grants classified under E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Fero sits between Faiveley Transport Amiens and Fives North American Combustion, Inc..

Fero's three-year grant acceleration

Fero Corporation shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Faiveley Transpor…

14
Farmer's Edge

14
Fastest

14
Femtonics Kft

14
Fibar Group

14
First-light USA

14
Fittingbox

14
Fives North Ameri…

14
Fero ◀

14

What this shows Fero holds 14 patents at rank #19,777, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fero

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,777 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings)

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

Fero's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Fero Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.1%
2019	2	14.3%
2021	4	28.6%
2022	1	7.1%
2023	2	14.3%
2024	3	21.4%
2025partial year	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Fero Corporation patent most?

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 13

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 11

A62C - Fire-fighting 1

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Fero Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fero Corporation's lead technology class is E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors), 92.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04F
Ranked #19,765 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fero Corporation against Faiveley Transport Amiens, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.7/100 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.