Where does Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. ranks #4,192 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 Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. hold?

Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. holds 85 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C.'s Innovation Score?

Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. has an Innovation Score of 42.0 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. focus on?

Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 66 patents, ranking #278 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C.'s recent grant velocity is +27% 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 Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C.'s patents?

Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C.'s patents average 15.1 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 Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. 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

Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 85 granted patents across 9 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flint ranks #4,192 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 85 patents across 9 technology areas.

#4,192
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (42.0/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: +27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4192 · US Corporation #4,192 · 85 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 85 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,192/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Construction…
CPC-NARROW A61B · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Construction Research & Technology GMBH (±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 Flint’s 42.0 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 15.4 pts (37%) Velocity 6.9 pts (16%) Breadth 10.6 pts (25%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
American Science… · near

42
Arlington Industries · near

42
Flint Hills… · this assignee

42
Genia · near

42
Welldoc · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flint's Innovation Score is 42.0/100 (top 32% 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 Flint?

Each dot is one of Flint’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). Flint’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Flint's grants concentrate

Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 77.6% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (12 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2018. By volume, Flint sits between Construction Research & Technology GMBH and Hasco Vision Technology Co., Ltd..

Flint's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. moved from 24 to 25 grants (1.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Construction Rese…

85
Cooper-standard A…

85
Cormatrix Cardiov…

85
Digitalglobe

85
Genmab A/S

85
Given Imaging

85
Hardware Resources

85
Hasco Vision Tech…

85
Flint Hills Scien… ◀

85

What this shows Flint holds 85 patents at rank #4,192, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Flint

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,192 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Flint, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Flint ranks #278 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Arlington Industries, Inc. 42 Genia Technologies, Inc. 42 Welldoc, Inc. 42 American Science and Engineering, Inc. 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.1 here).

Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 15.1 avg University of Vermont and State Agricultural College 15.1 avg Howard University 15.1 avg Kyphon SÀRL 15.1 avg

Flint's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% 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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Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	12.9%
2016	4	4.7%
2017	8	9.4%
2018	3	3.5%
2019	7	8.2%
2020	5	5.9%
2021	12	14.1%
2022	7	8.2%
2023	10	11.8%
2024	8	9.4%
2025partial year	10	11.8%

Which technologies does Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 66

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 62

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 25

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 11

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 8

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 77.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #4,192 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. against Construction Research & Technology GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.0/100 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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