Where does Flex Operating Room, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flex Operating Room, LLC ranks #35,337 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 Operating Room, LLC hold?

Flex Operating Room, LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Flex Operating Room, LLC's Innovation Score?

Flex Operating Room, LLC has an Innovation Score of 34.0 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Flex Operating Room, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Flex Operating Room, LLC's recent grant velocity is +100% 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 Operating Room, LLC's patents?

Flex Operating Room, LLC's patents average 21.7 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 Operating Room, 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

Flex Operating Room, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Flex Operating Room, LLC focus on?

Flex Operating Room, LLC's top technology area is F16M (Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports) with 7 patents, ranking #98 of 1,330 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: F16M (Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flex ranks #35,337 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#35,337
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.0/100): 21.7
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35337 · US Corporation #35,337 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,337/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fitness Cubed
CPC-NARROW F16M · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fitness Cubed Inc. (±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 34.0 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 7.2 pts (21%) Velocity 4.4 pts (13%) Breadth 9.4 pts (28%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Flex Operating Room · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flex's Innovation Score is 34.0/100 (46th 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 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 21.7 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.

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

Where Flex's grants concentrate

Flex Operating Room, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F16M (Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports). By volume, Flex sits between Fitness Cubed Inc. and Fluidmesh Networks S.r.l..

Flex's three-year grant acceleration

Flex Operating Room, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Fitness Cubed

7
Fivetran

7
Fjord

7
Flatout

7
Flexim Flexible I…

7
Floracraft

7
Fluence Energy

7
Fluidmesh Network…

7
Flex Operating Ro… ◀

7

What this shows Flex holds 7 patents at rank #35,369, 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 #35,369 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16M (Frames)

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

Flex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Flex Operating Room, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Flex Operating Room, LLC patent most?

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 7

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 7

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 5

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 5

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 5

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 2

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 2

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

Flex Operating Room, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flex Operating Room, LLC's lead technology class is F16M (Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16M
Ranked #35,337 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flex Operating Room, LLC against Fitness Cubed Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.0/100 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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