Where does Flextronics AP, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flextronics AP, LLC ranks #1,421 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 Flextronics AP, LLC hold?

Flextronics AP, LLC holds 295 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 110 technology areas.

What is Flextronics AP, LLC's Innovation Score?

Flextronics AP, LLC has an Innovation Score of 56.5 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Flextronics AP, LLC focus on?

Flextronics AP, LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 94 patents, ranking #573 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 110 CPC subclasses total.

Is Flextronics AP, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Flextronics AP, LLC's recent grant velocity is -89% 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 Flextronics AP, LLC's patents?

Flextronics AP, LLC's patents average 18.5 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 Flextronics AP, 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

Flextronics AP, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 295 granted patents across 110 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flextronics ranks #1,421 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 295 patents across 110 technology areas.

#1,421
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.5/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: -89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1421 · US Corporation #1,421 · 295 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 295 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,421/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Epcos
CPC-WIDE G06F · 110 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Epcos AG (±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 Flextronics’s 56.5 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 19.7 pts (35%) Velocity 0.7 pts (1%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Flextronics AP · this assignee

56
Klein Tools · near

56
Lord · near

56
Nexans · near

56
Veoneer US · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flextronics's Innovation Score is 56.5/100 (top 6% 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 Flextronics?

Each dot is one of Flextronics’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). Flextronics’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Flextronics's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Flextronics AP, LLC received 30 grants versus 265 in 2015–2019 (-89% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 97 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 2. Lead class G06F accounts for 31.9% of the portfolio across 110 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Sintokogio, Ltd. (#1,417) and Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd. (#1,425).

Flextronics's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Flextronics AP, LLC moved from 47 to 5 grants (0.11x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,168. See the growth leaderboard.

Sintokogio

297
Toshiba Energy Sy…

297
Epcos

295
Essity Hygiene AN…

295
Konica Minolta La…

295
Macom Technology…

295
Nucurrent

295
Flextronics AP ◀

295
Chengdu Monolithi…

294

What this shows Flextronics holds 295 patents at rank #1,421, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Flextronics

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,421 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Flextronics, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Flextronics ranks #573 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Nexans 56 Veoneer US LLC 56 Lord Corporation 56 Klein Tools, Inc. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.5 here).

Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation 18.5 avg HRL Laboratories, LLC 18.5 avg Snap Inc. 18.5 avg Galderma Research & Development 18.5 avg

Flextronics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Flextronics AP, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	97	32.9%
2016	55	18.6%
2017	63	21.4%
2018	28	9.5%
2019	22	7.5%
2020	11	3.7%
2021	14	4.7%
2022	3	1.0%
2023	2	0.7%

Which technologies does Flextronics AP, LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 94

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 87

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 79

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 69

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 34

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 32

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 31

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 30

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 30

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 28

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 28

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 27

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 27

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 26

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 26

Top 15 of 110 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

Flextronics AP, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flextronics AP, LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 31.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,421 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flextronics AP, LLC against Sintokogio, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.5/100 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

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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