Where does FLEX R&D, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), FLEX R&D, Inc. ranks #26,306 of 50,000 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 R&D, Inc. hold?

FLEX R&D, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2022, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is FLEX R&D, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

FLEX R&D, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.6 out of 100 (top 55% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is FLEX R&D, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

FLEX R&D, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for FLEX R&D, Inc.'s patents?

FLEX R&D, Inc.'s patents average 22.1 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 R&D, Inc. 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 R&D, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does FLEX R&D, Inc. focus on?

FLEX R&D, Inc.'s top technology area is C09J (ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. 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: C09J (ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, FLEX ranks #26,306 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 10 technology areas.

#26,306
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 55%
by Innovation Score (33.6/100): 22.1
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26306 · US Corporation #26,306 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,306/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH FIRESTAR DIAMOND
CPC-FOCUS C09J · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Firestar Diamond, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
FLEX R&D · this assignee

34
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows FLEX's Innovation Score is 33.6/100 (top 55% 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 FLEX's grants concentrate

FLEX R&D, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under C09J (ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, FLEX sits between Firestar Diamond, Inc. and Fluid-o-tech S.r.l..

FLEX's three-year grant acceleration

FLEX R&D, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Firestar Diamond

10
Fischer Sports

10
Fishbone Packaging

10
FIVE Media Market…

10
Flexidrill

10
Flextronics Inter…

10
Flomatic

10
Fluid-o-tech S R L

10
FLEX R&D ◀

10

What this shows FLEX holds 10 patents at rank #26,291, 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 #26,291 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09J (Adhesives)

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 Top 55% higher than 45% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2022

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 R&D, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	10.0%
2019	4	40.0%
2020	3	30.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2022	1	10.0%

Which technologies does FLEX R&D, Inc. patent most?

C09J - ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES 9

B32B - LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM 8

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 6

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS 4

B65C - LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES 4

B05D - PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL 4

B65B - MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING 3

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 3

D21H - PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1

D21F - PAPER-MAKING MACHINES; METHODS OF PRODUCING PAPER THEREON 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#26,306

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

33.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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