Where does Ferret Systems Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ferret Systems Inc. ranks #31,625 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 Ferret Systems Inc. hold?

Ferret Systems Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Ferret Systems Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ferret Systems Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.0 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ferret Systems Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Ferret Systems Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Ferret Systems Inc.'s patents?

Ferret Systems Inc.'s patents average 11.8 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 Ferret Systems 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

Ferret Systems Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Ferret Systems Inc. focus on?

Ferret Systems 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 7 patents, ranking #1,796 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: 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, Ferret ranks #31,625 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 7 technology areas.

#31,625
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (44.0/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31625 · US Corporation #31,625 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,625/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Farad Power
CPC-NARROW G06Q · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Farad Power, 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 Ferret’s 44.0 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 7.6 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (45%) Breadth 9.4 pts (21%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ferret Systems · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ferret's Innovation Score is 44.0/100 (top 27% 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 Ferret?

Each dot is one of Ferret’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). Ferret’s own 11.8 claims/patent is at or below the 18.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ferret's grants concentrate

Ferret Systems Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 87.5% 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 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Ferret sits between Farad Power, Inc., and Fiftyeight Holding GmbH.

Ferret's three-year grant acceleration

Ferret Systems Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Farad Power

8
Faraday Defense

8
Fellowship of Ort…

8
Felters of South…

8
Fiber Sense

8
Fibercore IP B V

8
Fieldcast

8
Fiftyeight Holding

8
Ferret Systems ◀

8

What this shows Ferret holds 8 patents at rank #31,661, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ferret

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,661 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Ferret's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ferret Systems Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	25.0%
2023	1	12.5%
2024	1	12.5%
2025partial year	4	50.0%

Which technologies does Ferret Systems 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 7

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

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 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Ferret Systems Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ferret Systems 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,), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #31,625 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ferret Systems Inc. against Farad Power, Inc.,, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.0/100 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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