Where does FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC ranks #46,769 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 FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC hold?

FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 37.0 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC focus on?

FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC's top technology area is B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables) with 2 patents, ranking #431 of 1,019 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC'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 FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC's patents?

FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC's patents average 16.0 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 FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, 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

FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 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: B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flexsteel ranks #46,769 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#46,769
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (37.0/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46769 · US Corporation #46,769 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,769/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fit Intuition
CPC-NARROW B65H · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fit Intuition, LLC (±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 Flexsteel’s 37.0 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 6.2 pts (17%) Velocity 13.3 pts (36%) Breadth 7.9 pts (21%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
FlexSteel Pipeline · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flexsteel's Innovation Score is 37.0/100 (top 45% 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 Flexsteel?

Each dot is one of Flexsteel’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). Flexsteel’s own 16.0 claims/patent is at or below the 17.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Flexsteel's grants concentrate

FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Flexsteel sits between Fit Intuition, LLC and Flexopharm Brain GMBH & Co. KG.

Flexsteel's three-year grant acceleration

FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Fit Intuition

5
Fitly

5
Fitogether

5
Flashback

5
Flexsys

5
Flexa Network

5
Flexicon

5
Flexopharm Brain…

5
Flexsteel Pipeline ◀

5

What this shows FlexSteel holds 5 patents at rank #46,865, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near FlexSteel

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,865 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material)

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

Flexsteel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% 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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FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2024	2	40.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC patent most?

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

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 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 5 of 5 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

FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC's lead technology class is B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65H
Ranked #46,769 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, LLC against Fit Intuition, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.0/100 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

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