Where does Flir Detection, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flir Detection, Inc. ranks #6,530 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 Flir Detection, Inc. hold?

Flir Detection, Inc. holds 51 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 50 technology areas.

What is Flir Detection, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Flir Detection, Inc. 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%).

What technology areas does Flir Detection, Inc. focus on?

Flir Detection, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 18 patents, ranking #850 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 50 CPC subclasses total.

Is Flir Detection, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Flir Detection, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -45% 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 Flir Detection, Inc.'s patents?

Flir Detection, Inc.'s patents average 17.7 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 Flir Detection, 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

Flir Detection, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 51 granted patents across 50 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flir ranks #6,530 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 51 patents across 50 technology areas.

#6,530
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.5/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6530 · US Corporation #6,530 · 51 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 51 grants
UPPER-Q #6,530/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Elpis
CPC-WIDE G01N · 50 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -45% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Elpis Technologies 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 Flir’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 13.6 pts (28%) Velocity 0.2 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (51%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Carbo Ceramics · near

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Flir Detection · this assignee

49
INRIA—INSTITUT… · near

49
Tesla Motors · near

49
Zhejiang Prulde… · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Flir'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 Flir?

Each dot is one of Flir’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). Flir’s own 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Flir's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Flir Detection, Inc. received 18 grants versus 33 in 2015–2019 (-45% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 12 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 1. Lead class G01N accounts for 35.3% of the portfolio across 50 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Elpis Technologies Inc. (#6,525) and Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd. (#6,533).

Flir's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Flir Detection, Inc. moved from 29 to 1 grants (0.03x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Elpis

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Evertz Microsyste…

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FKA Distributing

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Fujitsu Connected

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Flex Logix

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Fontem Ventures B…

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Fujimori Kogyo

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Flir Detection ◀

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What this shows Flir holds 51 patents at rank #6,529, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Flir

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,529 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Flir, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Flir ranks #850 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Tesla Motors, Inc. 49 INRIA—INSTITUT National DE Recherche EN Informatique ET EN Automatique 49 Zhejiang Prulde Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. 49 Carbo Ceramics, Inc. 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.7 here).

Equinor Energy AS 17.7 avg Touchtunes Music Company, LLC 17.7 avg Zephyros, Inc. 17.7 avg Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. 17.7 avg

Flir's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 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 · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Flir Detection, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	5.9%
2016	3	5.9%
2017	11	21.6%
2018	4	7.8%
2019	12	23.5%
2020	11	21.6%
2021	6	11.8%
2022	1	2.0%

Which technologies does Flir Detection, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 18

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 7

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 5

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 5

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 4

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 4

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 4

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 3

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 3

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 3

Top 15 of 50 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

Flir Detection, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flir Detection, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 35.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #6,530 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flir Detection, Inc. against Elpis Technologies Inc., 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

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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