USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Fingerprint Cards AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 125 granted patents across 30 technology areas, active 2015–2024. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G06V (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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125

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

16.5

Avg claims per patent

-51%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Fingerprint holds 125 US patents across 30 technology areas, rank #3,035 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#3,035
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.2/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: -51%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Fingerprint Cards AB has been granted 125 US utility patents between 2015 and 2024, placing Fingerprint Cards AB at rank #3,035 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 30 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 16.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06V (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING). As a Foreign Corporation, Fingerprint Cards AB is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Fingerprint sits between Zuiko Corporation (126 patents, rank #3,031) and Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University (125 patents, rank #3,039) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 46.2/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 41 grants, compared with 84 in the 2015–2019 window, a -51% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Fingerprint Cards AB's 16.5 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 30 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Fingerprint Cards AB against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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What this shows Fingerprint holds 125 patents at rank #3,035, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fingerprint

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,035 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding)

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

Fingerprint's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 50,000 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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Fingerprint Cards AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	4.0%
2016	14	11.2%
2017	30	24.0%
2018	22	17.6%
2019	13	10.4%
2020	14	11.2%
2021	25	20.0%
2022	1	0.8%
2024	1	0.8%

Which technologies does Fingerprint Cards AB patent most?

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 112

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 52

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 14

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 7

H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10 6

G03F - PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 5

G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES 4

G07C - TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE 4

G06K - GRAPHICAL DATA READING ; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS 4

G01D - MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 3

B06B - METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, ; e.g.; FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL 2

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 2

H10K - ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES 2

H10F - INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION 2

Top 15 of 30 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,035

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Fingerprint Cards AB hold?

Fingerprint Cards AB holds 125 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2024, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Fingerprint Cards AB's Innovation Score?

Fingerprint Cards AB has an Innovation Score of 46.2 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Fingerprint Cards AB focus on?

Fingerprint Cards AB's top technology area is G06V (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING) with 112 patents. The company has filed patents in 30 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fingerprint Cards AB's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Fingerprint Cards AB's recent filing velocity is -51% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Fingerprint Cards AB's patents?

Fingerprint Cards AB's patents average 16.5 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Fingerprint Cards AB 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.

How to use this portfolio

Fingerprint's 125 grants land it in the top 21% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Fingerprint ranks #3,035 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in G06V - see who else leads that technology area. G06V leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.