Where does Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC ranks #6,024 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-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC hold?

Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC holds 56 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC's Innovation Score?

Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC has an Innovation Score of 51.7 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC's recent grant velocity is +378% 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-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC's patents?

Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC's patents average 17.8 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC focus on?

Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC's top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 43 patents, ranking #44 of 1,094 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, 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 PatentsView assignee record - 56 granted patents across 36 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: F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flex-n-gate ranks #6,024 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 56 patents across 36 technology areas.

#6,024
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.7/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: +378%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6024 · US Corporation #6,024 · 56 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 56 grants
UPPER-Q #6,024/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Eberspächer Catem &
CPC-FOCUS F21S · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +378% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eberspächer Catem GmbH & Co. (±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-n-gate’s 51.7 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 14.0 pts (27%) Velocity 5.9 pts (11%) Breadth 21.2 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Flex-n-gate… · this assignee

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Microfabrica · near

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Vertiv · near

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Electrolux Professio… · near

52
Shanghai Institute… · near

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Flex-n-gate's Innovation Score is 51.7/100 (top 11% 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-n-gate?

Each dot is one of Flex-n-gate’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-n-gate’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Flex-n-gate's grants concentrate

Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 76.8% of grants classified under F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Flex-n-gate sits between ECI Telecom Ltd. and Garant GP.

Flex-n-gate's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC moved from 25 to 22 grants (0.88x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

ECI Telecom

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Endress+Hauser We…

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Eberspächer Catem…

56
Enovix

56
Foxconn Technolog…

56
Fred Hutchinson C…

56
Fresenius Vial SAS

56
Garant GP

56
Flex-n-gate Advan… ◀

56

What this shows Flex-n-gate holds 56 patents at rank #6,024, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Flex-n-gate

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,024 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Flex-n-gate, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices), Flex-n-gate ranks #44 of 1,094 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Microfabrica Inc. 52 Vertiv Corporation 52 Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 52 Electrolux Professional, Inc. 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.8 here).

University of Saskatchewan 17.8 avg Avid Technology, Inc. 17.8 avg University of Leeds 17.8 avg Csem Centre Suisse D'electronique ET DE Microtechnique SA—RECHERCHE ET DÉVELOPPEMENT 17.8 avg

Flex-n-gate's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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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Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	1.8%
2018	4	7.1%
2019	4	7.1%
2020	13	23.2%
2021	8	14.3%
2022	8	14.3%
2023	7	12.5%
2024	7	12.5%
2025partial year	4	7.1%

Which technologies does Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC patent most?

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 43

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 22

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 20

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 15

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 14

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 10

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 5

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

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 3

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 3

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 3

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 2

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 2

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 2

Top 15 of 36 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

Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC's lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 76.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #6,024 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, LLC against ECI Telecom Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.7/100 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

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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

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