Where does FLIR Surveillance, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), FLIR Surveillance, Inc. ranks #21,136 of 50,000 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 Surveillance, Inc. hold?

FLIR Surveillance, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is FLIR Surveillance, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

FLIR Surveillance, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.3 out of 100 (top 66% 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 Surveillance, Inc. focus on?

FLIR Surveillance, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is FLIR Surveillance, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

FLIR Surveillance, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +17% 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 FLIR Surveillance, Inc.'s patents?

FLIR Surveillance, Inc.'s patents average 12.7 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 Surveillance, 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 Surveillance, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: H04N (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, FLIR ranks #21,136 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 13 technology areas.

#21,136
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 66%
by Innovation Score (30.3/100): 12.7
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21136 · US Corporation #21,136 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,136/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH FERPLAST S P A
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ferplast S.p.a. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
FLIR Surveillance · this assignee

30
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows FLIR's Innovation Score is 30.3/100 (top 66% 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.

Where FLIR's grants concentrate

FLIR Surveillance, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 38.5% of grants classified under H04N (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, FLIR sits between Ferplast S.p.a. and Force MOS Technology Co., Ltd..

Ferplast S P A

13
Ficosa ADAS S L U

13
Fincantieri S P A

13
Fipak Research An…

13
Flocon

13
Fluid Metering

13
Foboha (Germany)

13
Force MOS Technol…

13
FLIR Surveillance ◀

13

What this shows FLIR holds 13 patents at rank #21,124, 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 #21,124 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

FLIR's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 Top 66% higher than 34% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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FLIR Surveillance, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	15.4%
2017	1	7.7%
2018	1	7.7%
2019	2	15.4%
2020	1	7.7%
2021	5	38.5%
2022	1	7.7%

Which technologies does FLIR Surveillance, Inc. patent most?

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 5

F16M - FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS 2

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 2

G05D - SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES 1

H03K - PULSE TECHNIQUE 1

H01Q - ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS 1

G01J - MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY 1

H02P - CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS 1

F16C - SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS 1

F41G - WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING 1

F41A - FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE 1

F16J - PISTONS ; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS 1

G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,136

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

30.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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