Where does Field Controls, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Field Controls, LLC ranks #17,660 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 Field Controls, LLC hold?

Field Controls, LLC holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Field Controls, LLC's Innovation Score?

Field Controls, LLC has an Innovation Score of 40.8 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Field Controls, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Field Controls, LLC's recent grant velocity is -67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Field Controls, LLC's patents?

Field Controls, LLC's patents average 17.8 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 Field Controls, 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

Field Controls, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Field Controls, LLC focus on?

Field Controls, LLC's top technology area is F23L (Supplying AIR OR Non-combustible Liquids OR Gases TO Combustion Apparatus IN General ; Valves OR Dampers Specially Adapted FOR Controlling AIR Supply OR Draught IN Combustion Apparatus ; Inducing Draught IN Combustion APPARATUS; Tops FOR Chimneys OR Ventilating SHAFTS; Terminals FOR Flues) with 11 patents, ranking #9 of 126 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: F23L (Supplying AIR OR Non-combustible Liquids OR Gases TO Combustion Apparatus IN General ; Valves OR Dampers Specially Adapted FOR Controlling AIR Supply OR Draught IN Combustion Apparatus ; Inducing DRA).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Field ranks #17,660 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 15 technology areas.

#17,660
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.8/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17660 · US Corporation #17,660 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,660/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Farmobile
CPC-FOCUS F23L · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Farmobile LLC (±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 Field’s 40.8 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 9.8 pts (24%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 13.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Field Controls · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Field's Innovation Score is 40.8/100 (top 35% 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 Field?

Each dot is one of Field’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). Field’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Field's grants concentrate

Field Controls, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 68.8% of grants classified under F23L (Supplying AIR OR Non-combustible Liquids OR Gases TO Combustion Apparatus IN General ; Valves OR Dampers Specially Adapted FOR Controlling AIR Supply OR Draught IN Combustion Apparatus ; Inducing DRA). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Field sits between Frankie4 IP 1 Pty Ltd and Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Inc..

Field's three-year grant acceleration

Field Controls, LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Frankie4 IP 1 Pty

16
Fujibo Holdings

16
FundaciÓ Hospital…

16
Farmobile

16
Fishing Chaos

16
Flash Seats

16
Flexa

16
Florida Institute…

16
Field Controls ◀

16

What this shows Field holds 16 patents at rank #17,669, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Field

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,669 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F23L (Supplying AIR OR Non-combustible Liquids OR Gases TO Comb…)

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

Field's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Field Controls, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	12.5%
2017	4	25.0%
2018	2	12.5%
2019	4	25.0%
2022	2	12.5%
2023	1	6.3%
2024	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Field Controls, LLC patent most?

F23L - Supplying AIR OR Non-combustible Liquids OR Gases TO Combustion Apparatus IN General ; Valves OR Dampers Specially Adapted FOR Controlling AIR Supply OR Draught IN Combustion Apparatus ; Inducing Draught IN Combustion APPARATUS; Tops FOR Chimneys OR Ventilating SHAFTS; Terminals FOR Flues 11

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 5

F23N - Regulating OR Controlling Combustion 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 2

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

F23M - Casings, Linings, Walls OR Doors Specially Adapted FOR Combustion Chambers, e.g. FIREBRIDGES; Devices FOR Deflecting AIR, Flames OR Combustion Products IN Combustion CHAMBERS; Safety Arrangements Specially Adapted FOR Combustion APPARATUS; Details OF Combustion Chambers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F23J - Removal OR Treatment OF Combustion Products OR Combustion RESIDUES; Flues 2

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

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Field Controls, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Field Controls, LLC's lead technology class is F23L (Supplying AIR OR Non-combustible Liquids OR Gases TO Combustion Apparatus IN General ; Valves OR Dampers Specially Adapted FOR Controlling AIR Supply OR Draught IN Combustion Apparatus ; Inducing DRA), 68.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F23L
Ranked #17,660 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Field Controls, LLC against Frankie4 IP 1 Pty Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.8/100 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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