Where does Flexible Steel Lacing Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flexible Steel Lacing Company ranks #4,715 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 Flexible Steel Lacing Company hold?

Flexible Steel Lacing Company holds 74 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Flexible Steel Lacing Company's Innovation Score?

Flexible Steel Lacing Company has an Innovation Score of 49.5 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Flexible Steel Lacing Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Flexible Steel Lacing Company's recent grant velocity is -33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Flexible Steel Lacing Company's patents?

Flexible Steel Lacing Company's patents average 20.0 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 Flexible Steel Lacing Company 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

Flexible Steel Lacing Company

Q: What technology areas does Flexible Steel Lacing Company focus on?

Flexible Steel Lacing Company's top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 35 patents, ranking #43 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 74 granted patents across 18 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flexible ranks #4,715 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 74 patents across 18 technology areas.

#4,715
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.5/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4715 · US Corporation #4,715 · 74 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 74 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,715/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Enlitic
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Enlitic, 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 Flexible’s 49.5 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 14.9 pts (30%) Velocity 7.6 pts (15%) Breadth 15.0 pts (30%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hyosung Heavy… · near

50
Flexible Steel Lacing · this assignee

50
Nalco · near

50
OptumSoft · near

50
Taptext · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flexible's Innovation Score is 49.5/100 (top 15% 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 Flexible?

Each dot is one of Flexible’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). Flexible’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Flexible's grants concentrate

Flexible Steel Lacing Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 47.3% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Flexible sits between ETO Magnetic GMBH and Huntsman Petrochemical LLC.

Flexible's three-year grant acceleration

Flexible Steel Lacing Company shows 16 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

ETO Magnetic

74
Enlitic

74
Federal-mogul Bur…

74
Ferno-washington

74
Goodrich Actuatio…

74
Health Research

74
Hefei Hualing

74
Huntsman Petroche…

74
Flexible Steel La… ◀

74

What this shows Flexible holds 74 patents at rank #4,715, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Flexible

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,715 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Flexible, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices), Flexible ranks #43 of 1,746 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Nalco Company LLC 50 Taptext LLC 50 OptumSoft, Inc. 50 Hyosung Heavy Industries Corporation 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.0 here).

Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc. 20.0 avg THE Bank OF NEW York Mellon 20.0 avg Asapp, Inc. 20.0 avg Hyperfine Operations, Inc. 20.0 avg

Flexible's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 15% higher than 85% 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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Flexible Steel Lacing Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	9.5%
2016	9	12.2%
2017	12	16.2%
2018	7	9.5%
2019	4	5.4%
2020	5	6.8%
2021	5	6.8%
2022	2	2.7%
2023	7	9.5%
2024	7	9.5%
2025partial year	9	12.2%

Which technologies does Flexible Steel Lacing Company patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 35

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 25

B25C - Hand-held Nailing OR Stapling TOOLS; Manually Operated Portable Stapling Tools 10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 6

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 6

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 3

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 3

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 3

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

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 2

B27F - Dovetailed WORK; TENONS; Slotting Machines FOR Wood OR Similar MATERIAL; Nailing OR Stapling Machines 2

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Flexible Steel Lacing Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flexible Steel Lacing Company's lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 47.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #4,715 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flexible Steel Lacing Company against ETO Magnetic GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.5/100 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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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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