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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flir Systems, Inc. ranks #1,607 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, Inc. hold?

Flir Systems, Inc. holds 257 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 86 technology areas.

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

Flir Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 55.1 out of 100 (top 7% 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, Inc. focus on?

Flir Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 143 patents. Grants appear in 86 CPC subclasses total.

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

Flir Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -71% 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, Inc.'s patents?

Flir Systems, Inc.'s patents average 18.2 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, 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 Systems, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 257 granted patents across 86 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flir ranks #1,607 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 257 patents across 86 technology areas.

#1,607
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.1/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1607 · US Corporation #1,607 · 257 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 257 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,607/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AAC Acoustic…
CPC-WIDE H04N · 86 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AAC Acoustic Technologies (SHENZHEN) Co., Ltd. (±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
Danfoss (TIANJIN) · near

55
Flir Systems · this assignee

55
Intervet · near

55
Rijksuniversiteit… · near

55
Vadient Optics · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flir's Innovation Score is 55.1/100 (top 7% 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.

How Flir's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Flir Systems, Inc. received 58 grants versus 199 in 2015–2019 (-71% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 52 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 1. Lead class H04N accounts for 55.6% of the portfolio across 86 subclasses. Volume neighbours: H. Lundbeck A/S (#1,603) and Bull SAS (#1,611).

Flir's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Flir Systems, Inc. moved from 109 to 1 grants (0.01x 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 #3,287. See the growth leaderboard.

H Lundbeck A/S

258
Kantatsu

258
Turner Broadcasti…

258
AAC Acoustic (She…

257
Horiba

257
SMS group

257
Flir Systems ◀

257
Asahi Kasei Micro…

256
Bull SAS

256

What this shows Flir holds 257 patents at rank #1,607, 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 #1,607 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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Intervet Inc. 55 Danfoss (TIANJIN) Ltd. 55 Rijksuniversiteit Groningen 55 Vadient Optics, LLC 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.2 here).

Astec International Limited 18.2 avg Waymo LLC 18.2 avg Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH 18.2 avg Norton (Waterford) Limited 18.2 avg

Flir's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	24	9.3%
2016	30	11.7%
2017	47	18.3%
2018	46	17.9%
2019	52	20.2%
2020	27	10.5%
2021	30	11.7%
2022	1	0.4%

Which technologies does Flir Systems, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 143

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 47

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 43

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 27

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 22

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 21

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 17

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 13

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 13

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

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 10

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 10

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 8

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 8

Top 15 of 86 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,607

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

55.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Flir Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #1,607 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flir Systems, Inc. against H. Lundbeck A/S, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.1/100 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

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