Where does Flir Systems AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flir Systems AB ranks #3,701 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 Systems AB hold?

Flir Systems AB holds 98 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Flir Systems AB's Innovation Score?

Flir Systems AB has an Innovation Score of 45.1 out of 100 (top 24% 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 Systems AB focus on?

Flir Systems AB's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 59 patents, ranking #317 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Flir Systems AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Flir Systems AB's recent grant velocity is -12% 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 Systems AB's patents?

Flir Systems AB's patents average 14.7 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 Systems AB 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 Foreign Corporation

Flir Systems AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 98 granted patents across 19 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flir ranks #3,701 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 98 patents across 19 technology areas.

#3,701
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.1/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3701 · Foreign Corporation #3,701 · 98 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 98 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,701/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Biosense Webster
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Biosense Webster, 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 45.1 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 15.9 pts (35%) Velocity 5.0 pts (11%) Breadth 15.4 pts (34%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Accuride International · near

45
Establishment Labs · near

45
Flir Systems AB · this assignee

45
Thermo Electron… · near

45
Vulcan · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flir's Innovation Score is 45.1/100 (top 24% 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 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 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.

Where Flir's grants concentrate

Flir Systems AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 60.2% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (15 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2024. By volume, Flir sits between Biosense Webster, Inc. and Korea Electric Power Corporation.

Flir's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Flir Systems AB moved from 32 to 24 grants (0.75x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Biosense Webster

98
CTS

98
Curevac

98
Delta T

98
Hirata

98
Igus

98
Jinko Solar

98
Korea Electric Po…

98
Flir Systems AB ◀

98

What this shows Flir holds 98 patents at rank #3,701, 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 #3,701 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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 H04N (Pictorial Communication), Flir ranks #317 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments LLC 45 Accuride International GmbH 45 Vulcan Inc. 45 Establishment Labs S.A. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.7 here).

Desktop Metal, Inc. 14.7 avg ASM Technology Singapore PTE Ltd 14.7 avg Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen 14.7 avg Areva NP 14.7 avg

Flir's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% 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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Flir Systems AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	7.1%
2016	8	8.2%
2017	13	13.3%
2018	10	10.2%
2019	12	12.2%
2020	15	15.3%
2021	5	5.1%
2022	7	7.1%
2023	13	13.3%
2024	4	4.1%
2025partial year	4	4.1%

Which technologies does Flir Systems AB patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 59

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 41

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 24

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

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 4

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

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

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

Top 15 of 19 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 Systems AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flir Systems AB's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 60.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #3,701 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flir Systems AB against Biosense Webster, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.