Where does Fit-Line, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fit-Line, Inc. ranks #28,766 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 Fit-Line, Inc. hold?

Fit-Line, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Fit-Line, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Fit-Line, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.8 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fit-Line, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fit-Line, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Fit-Line, Inc.'s patents?

Fit-Line, Inc.'s patents average 14.2 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 Fit-Line, 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 US Corporation

Fit-Line, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Fit-Line, Inc. focus on?

Fit-Line, Inc.'s top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 7 patents, ranking #285 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fit-line ranks #28,766 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 9 technology areas.

#28,766
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.8/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28766 · US Corporation #28,766 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,766/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fingram
CPC-NARROW F16L · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fingram Co., Ltd (±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 Fit-line’s 33.8 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 8.0 pts (24%) Velocity 6.7 pts (20%) Breadth 10.6 pts (31%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fit-Line · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fit-line's Innovation Score is 33.8/100 (45th percentile 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 Fit-line?

Each dot is one of Fit-line’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). Fit-line’s own 14.2 claims/patent is at or below the 15.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Fit-line's grants concentrate

Fit-Line, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Fit-line sits between Fingram Co., Ltd and Flow Forward Medical, Inc..

Fit-line's three-year grant acceleration

Fit-Line, Inc. shows 2 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.

Fingram

9
Finjan Mobile

9
Finjan

9
Firebird Sprinkler

9
Fitness Anywhere

9
Flex Force Enterp…

9
Flexgen Power Sys…

9
Flow Forward Medi…

9
Fit-line ◀

9

What this shows Fit-Line holds 9 patents at rank #28,775, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fit-Line

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,775 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Fit-Line's primary technology class.

Fit-line's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Fit-Line, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	22.2%
2018	2	22.2%
2019	1	11.1%
2020	1	11.1%
2022	1	11.1%
2024	1	11.1%
2025partial year	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Fit-Line, Inc. patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 7

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 6

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Fit-Line, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fit-Line, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #28,766 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fit-Line, Inc. against Fingram Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.8/100 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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