Where does Flex Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flex Ltd. ranks #2,540 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 Flex Ltd. hold?

Flex Ltd. holds 153 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 93 technology areas.

What is Flex Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Flex Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 54.0 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Flex Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Flex Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +166% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Flex Ltd.'s patents?

Flex Ltd.'s patents average 13.5 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 Flex Ltd. 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 Foreign Corporation

Flex Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Flex Ltd. focus on?

Flex Ltd.'s top technology area is H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components) with 31 patents, ranking #234 of 3,545 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 93 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 153 granted patents across 93 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: H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flex ranks #2,540 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 153 patents across 93 technology areas.

#2,540
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.0/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: +166%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2540 · Foreign Corporation #2,540 · 153 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 153 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,540/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aurora Flight Sciences
CPC-WIDE H05K · 93 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +166% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aurora Flight Sciences 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 Flex’s 54.0 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 17.4 pts (32%) Velocity 3.4 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Flex · this assignee

54
Industry-academic… · near

54
Intelligent… · near

54
Merry · near

54
Shanghai Institute… · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flex's Innovation Score is 54.0/100 (top 8% 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 Flex?

Each dot is one of Flex’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). Flex’s own 13.5 claims/patent is at or below the 16.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Flex's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Flex Ltd. received 109 grants versus 41 in 2015–2019 (+166% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 35 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1. Lead class H05K accounts for 20.3% of the portfolio across 93 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Veniam, Inc. (#2,536) and Lonza Ltd (#2,544).

Flex's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Flex Ltd. moved from 91 to 47 grants (0.52x 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 #2,647. See the growth leaderboard.

Veniam

154
Aurora Flight Sci…

153
Ballogy

153
Enanta Pharmaceut…

153
Gogoro

153
Kwangwoon Univers…

153
Korea Institute O…

153
Lonza

153
Flex ◀

153

What this shows Flex holds 153 patents at rank #2,540, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Flex

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,540 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H05K (Printed Circuits)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Flex, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H05K (Printed Circuits), Flex ranks #234 of 3,545 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation Gyeongsang National University 54 Shanghai Institute OF Microsystem AND Information Technology Chinese Academy OF Sciences 54 Intelligent Technologies International, Inc. 54 Merry Electronics Co., Ltd. 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.5 here).

Amdocs Software Systems Limited 13.5 avg Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon 13.5 avg Spectranetics LLC 13.5 avg Agfa Healthcare NV 13.5 avg

Flex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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Flex Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	0.7%
2018	11	7.2%
2019	29	19.0%
2020	27	17.6%
2021	35	22.9%
2022	23	15.0%
2023	16	10.5%
2024	8	5.2%
2025partial year	3	2.0%

Which technologies does Flex Ltd. patent most?

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 31

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 14

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 12

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 12

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 11

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 10

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 8

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 8

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 7

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 7

H04B - Transmission 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 6

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 5

Top 15 of 93 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Flex Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flex Ltd.'s lead technology class is H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components), 20.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H05K
Ranked #2,540 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flex Ltd. against Veniam, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.0/100 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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