Where does Flagship Brands, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flagship Brands, LLC ranks #21,134 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 Flagship Brands, LLC hold?

Flagship Brands, LLC holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Flagship Brands, LLC's Innovation Score?

Flagship Brands, LLC has an Innovation Score of 46.2 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Flagship Brands, LLC focus on?

Flagship Brands, LLC's top technology area is D04B (Knitting) with 13 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Flagship Brands, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Flagship Brands, LLC's recent grant velocity is +167% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Flagship Brands, LLC's patents?

Flagship Brands, LLC's patents average 16.6 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 Flagship Brands, 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

Flagship Brands, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 4 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: D04B (Knitting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flagship ranks #21,134 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 4 technology areas.

#21,134
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.2/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: +167%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21134 · US Corporation #21,134 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,134/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ficosa North America
CPC-NARROW D04B · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +167% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ficosa North America 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cardiac Assist… · near

46
EchoStar UK Holdings · near

46
Flagship Brands · this assignee

46
Gamechange Solar · near

46
Pyrotek · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flagship's Innovation Score is 46.2/100 (top 21% 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.

Where Flagship's grants concentrate

Flagship Brands, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under D04B (Knitting). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Flagship sits between Ficosa North America Corporation and Force Impact Technologies, Inc..

Flagship's three-year grant acceleration

Flagship Brands, LLC shows 6 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.

Ficosa North Amer…

13
Fill Gesellschaft…

13
Fintie

13
Fiskars UK

13
Flexopack

13
Flyreel

13
Focal Systems

13
Force Impact

13
Flagship Brands ◀

13

What this shows Flagship holds 13 patents at rank #21,145, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Flagship

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,145 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D04B (Knitting)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Flagship, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Gamechange Solar Corp. 46 Cardiac Assist Holdings, LLC 46 Pyrotek, Inc. 46 EchoStar UK Holdings Limited 46

Flagship's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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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Flagship Brands, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.7%
2017	1	7.7%
2018	1	7.7%
2020	2	15.4%
2022	2	15.4%
2023	2	15.4%
2024	2	15.4%
2025partial year	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Flagship Brands, LLC patent most?

D04B - Knitting 13

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 13

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 10

A41B - SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs 8

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,134

of 49,997 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?

What to do with this data

Flagship Brands, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flagship Brands, LLC's lead technology class is D04B (Knitting), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D04B
Ranked #21,134 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flagship Brands, LLC against Ficosa North America Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.2/100 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

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.