Where does Fireball Tool Works LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fireball Tool Works LLC ranks #40,208 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 Fireball Tool Works LLC hold?

Fireball Tool Works LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Fireball Tool Works LLC's Innovation Score?

Fireball Tool Works LLC has an Innovation Score of 39.3 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fireball Tool Works LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Fireball Tool Works LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Fireball Tool Works LLC's patents?

Fireball Tool Works LLC's patents average 18.8 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 Fireball Tool Works 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

Fireball Tool Works LLC

Q: What technology areas does Fireball Tool Works LLC focus on?

Fireball Tool Works LLC's top technology area is B23Q (Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result) with 4 patents, ranking #156 of 613 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: B23Q (Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Co).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fireball ranks #40,208 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#40,208
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.3/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40208 · US Corporation #40,208 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,208/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fine Forge Industry
CPC-NARROW B23Q · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fine Forge Industry Corporation (±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 Fireball’s 39.3 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 6.7 pts (17%) Velocity 13.3 pts (34%) Breadth 7.9 pts (20%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fireball Tool Works · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fireball's Innovation Score is 39.3/100 (top 39% 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 Fireball?

Each dot is one of Fireball’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). Fireball’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fireball's grants concentrate

Fireball Tool Works LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B23Q (Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Co). By volume, Fireball sits between Fine Forge Industry Corporation and First Subsea Limited.

Fireball's three-year grant acceleration

Fireball Tool Works LLC shows 4 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.

Fine Forge Indust…

6
Fine Semitech

6
Finger Lakes Inte…

6
Fini Nuair S P A

6
First Quality Bab…

6
First Quality Non…

6
First Reaction

6
First Subsea

6
Fireball Tool Wor… ◀

6

What this shows Fireball holds 6 patents at rank #40,172, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fireball

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,172 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23Q (Details)

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

Fireball's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Fireball Tool Works LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	33.3%
2022	2	33.3%
2024	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Fireball Tool Works LLC patent most?

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 4

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 4

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 3

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 2

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 2

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

Fireball Tool Works LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fireball Tool Works LLC's lead technology class is B23Q (Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Co), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23Q
Ranked #40,208 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fireball Tool Works LLC against Fine Forge Industry Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.3/100 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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