Where does Flex-N-Gate France rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flex-N-Gate France ranks #16,018 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 France hold?

Flex-N-Gate France holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Flex-N-Gate France's Innovation Score?

Flex-N-Gate France has an Innovation Score of 37.3 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Flex-N-Gate France focus on?

Flex-N-Gate France's top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 10 patents, ranking #547 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Flex-N-Gate France's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Flex-N-Gate France's recent grant velocity is +650% 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 France's patents?

Flex-N-Gate France's patents average 11.1 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 Flex-N-Gate France 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-N-Gate France

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flex-n-gate ranks #16,018 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 20 technology areas.

#16,018
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.3/100): 11.1
avg claims per patent: +650%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16018 · Foreign Corporation #16,018 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,018/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ferrosan Medical…
CPC-FOCUS Y02T · 20 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +650% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ferrosan Medical Devices A/S (±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 37.3 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 10.2 pts (27%) Velocity 4.7 pts (13%) Breadth 15.8 pts (42%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Flex-N-Gate France · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flex-n-gate's Innovation Score is 37.3/100 (top 44% 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 11.1 claims/patent is at or below the 14.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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 France is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Flex-n-gate sits between Ferrosan Medical Devices A/S and Formax, Inc..

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

Flex-N-Gate France shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Ferrosan Medical…

18
Fianium

18
Fissler

18
Flagship Bioscien…

18
Foamtec Internati…

18
Folli-follie Comm…

18
Forge Tech

18
Formax

18
Flex-n-gate France ◀

18

What this shows Flex-N-Gate holds 18 patents at rank #16,026, 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 #16,026 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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

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

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Flex-N-Gate France patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	11.1%
2020	4	22.2%
2021	4	22.2%
2022	5	27.8%
2023	2	11.1%
2025partial year	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Flex-N-Gate France patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 10

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 8

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 7

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 4

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 3

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 3

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 3

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 2

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 2

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 2

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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 1

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 1

Top 15 of 20 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 France's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flex-N-Gate France's lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #16,018 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flex-N-Gate France against Ferrosan Medical Devices A/S, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.3/100 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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