Where does Fjord, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fjord, Inc. ranks #35,332 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 Fjord, Inc. hold?

Fjord, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Fjord, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Fjord, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.7 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Fjord, Inc. focus on?

Fjord, Inc.'s top technology area is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping) with 4 patents, ranking #204 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fjord, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fjord, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Fjord, Inc.'s patents?

Fjord, Inc.'s patents average 14.1 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 Fjord, 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

Fjord, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 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: B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fjord ranks #35,332 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#35,332
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.7/100): 14.1
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35332 · US Corporation #35,332 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,332/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fischer Lighting…
CPC-NARROW B63B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fischer Lighting Holding ApS (±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 Fjord’s 31.7 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 7.2 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (21%) Breadth 9.4 pts (30%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fjord · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fjord's Innovation Score is 31.7/100 (39th 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 Fjord?

Each dot is one of Fjord’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). Fjord’s own 14.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fjord's grants concentrate

Fjord, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Fjord sits between Fischer Lighting Holding ApS and Floracraft Corporation.

Fjord's three-year grant acceleration

Fjord, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Fischer Lighting…

7
Fisher Scientific…

7
Fitness Cubed

7
Fivetran

7
Flatout

7
Flex Operating Ro…

7
Flexim Flexible I…

7
Floracraft

7
Fjord ◀

7

What this shows Fjord holds 7 patents at rank #35,367, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fjord

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,367 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels)

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

Fjord's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% 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.

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Fjord, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	42.9%
2016	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Fjord, Inc. patent most?

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 4

D07B - Ropes OR Cables IN General 2

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 1

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 1

H05C - Electric Circuits OR Apparatus Specially Designed FOR USE IN Equipment FOR Killing, Stunning, OR Guiding Living Beings 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

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

Fjord, Inc.'s lead technology class is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63B
Ranked #35,332 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fjord, Inc. against Fischer Lighting Holding ApS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.7/100 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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