Where does Fisher Controls International LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fisher Controls International LLC ranks #964 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 Fisher Controls International LLC hold?

Fisher Controls International LLC holds 456 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 100 technology areas.

What is Fisher Controls International LLC's Innovation Score?

Fisher Controls International LLC has an Innovation Score of 62.0 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Fisher Controls International LLC focus on?

Fisher Controls International LLC's top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating) with 309 patents, ranking #1 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 100 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fisher Controls International LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fisher Controls International LLC's recent grant velocity is -22% 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 Fisher Controls International LLC's patents?

Fisher Controls International LLC's patents average 19.1 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 Fisher Controls International 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

Fisher Controls International LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 456 granted patents across 100 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fisher ranks #964 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 456 patents across 100 technology areas.

#964
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (62.0/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R964 · US Corporation #964 · 456 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 456 grants
TOP-DECILE #964/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hella & KGaA
CPC-WIDE F16K · 100 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (±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 Fisher’s 62.0 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 21.2 pts (34%) Velocity 4.3 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cameron International · near

62
Fisher Controls… · this assignee

62
Illumina Cambridge · near

62
Medos International… · near

62
Wirtgen · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fisher's Innovation Score is 62.0/100 (top 3% 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 Fisher?

Each dot is one of Fisher’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). Fisher’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Fisher's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Fisher Controls International LLC received 192 grants versus 245 in 2015–2019 (-22% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 64 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 16. Lead class F16K accounts for 67.8% of the portfolio across 100 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp. (#960) and Murata Machinery, Ltd. (#968).

Fisher's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Fisher Controls International LLC moved from 155 to 101 grants (0.65x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,305. See the growth leaderboard.

Sumitomo Electric…

459
Huazhong Universi…

458
Sandvik Intellect…

458
ADP

457
Hella & Kgaa

456
Fisher Controls I… ◀

456
Hanwha Techwin

454
Invensas

454
Murata Machinery

454

What this shows Fisher holds 456 patents at rank #964, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fisher

By rank, the assignees closest to #964 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Fisher, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16K (Valves), Fisher ranks #1 of 1,836 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Medos International Sarl 62 Wirtgen GmbH 62 Cameron International Corporation 62 Illumina Cambridge Limited 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

Moxtek, Inc. 19.1 avg Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V. 19.1 avg Enlitic, Inc. 19.1 avg Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. 19.1 avg

Fisher's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Fisher Controls International LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	59	12.9%
2016	41	9.0%
2017	37	8.1%
2018	44	9.6%
2019	64	14.0%
2020	44	9.6%
2021	47	10.3%
2022	45	9.9%
2023	40	8.8%
2024	16	3.5%
2025partial year	19	4.2%

Which technologies does Fisher Controls International LLC patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 309

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 95

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 82

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 49

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 41

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 38

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 36

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 35

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 34

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 20

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 20

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 19

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 18

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 18

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 14

Top 15 of 100 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

Fisher Controls International LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fisher Controls International LLC's lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 67.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #964 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fisher Controls International LLC against Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.0/100 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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