Where does Figaro Engineering Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Figaro Engineering Inc. ranks #22,576 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 Figaro Engineering Inc. hold?

Figaro Engineering Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Figaro Engineering Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Figaro Engineering Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.2 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Figaro Engineering Inc. focus on?

Figaro Engineering Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 12 patents, ranking #1,245 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Figaro Engineering Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Figaro Engineering Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Figaro Engineering Inc.'s patents?

Figaro Engineering Inc.'s patents average 6.7 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 Figaro Engineering 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 Foreign Corporation

Figaro Engineering Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 7 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Figaro ranks #22,576 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 7 technology areas.

#22,576
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.2/100): 6.7
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22576 · Foreign Corporation #22,576 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,576/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH FGX International
CPC-NARROW G01N · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: FGX International 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 Figaro’s 42.2 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 8.9 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (47%) Breadth 9.4 pts (22%) Claim depth 4.0 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Figaro Engineering · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Figaro's Innovation Score is 42.2/100 (top 31% 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 Figaro?

Each dot is one of Figaro’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). Figaro’s own 6.7 claims/patent is at or below the 9.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Figaro's grants concentrate

Figaro Engineering Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Figaro sits between FGX International Inc and Fisher Jeon GAS Equipment (CHENGDU) Co., Ltd..

Figaro's three-year grant acceleration

Figaro Engineering Inc. shows 8 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.

FGX International

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Fiery

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Filobe

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12

What this shows Figaro holds 12 patents at rank #22,569, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Figaro

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,569 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Figaro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% 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.

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Figaro Engineering Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	2	16.7%
2023	3	25.0%
2024	3	25.0%

Which technologies does Figaro Engineering Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 12

B01D - Separation 4

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 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

Figaro Engineering Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Figaro Engineering Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #22,576 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Figaro Engineering Inc. against FGX International Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.2/100 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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