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Flir Systems Trading Belgium BV

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flir ranks #16,802 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 17 technology areas.

#16,802
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.1/100)
16.5
avg claims per patent
+13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16802 · Foreign Corporation #16,802 · 17 grants

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

  • GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
  • MID-PACK #16,802/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fineline
  • CPC-FOCUS G02B · 17 areas
  • INNOV-PAR 41.1/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-UP +13% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fineline Technologies (±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 41.1 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Flir

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Flir's Innovation Score is 41.1/100 (top 34% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

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 16.5 claims/patent is at or below the 16.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Flir vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 16.916.91717.1 010203040 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Fineline Technologies - 17, 16.53FinelineFitt S.P.A. - 17, 2.18Fitt S P AFlambeau, Inc. - 17, 16.53FlambeauFlir Commercial Systems, Inc. - 17, 18.65Flir Commercial S…Food Equipment Technologies Company, Inc. - 17, 24Food EquipmentForta, LLC - 17, 9FortaFOX Broadcasting Company, LLC - 17, 29.06FOX BroadcastingFuse, LLC - 17, 18.94FuseFlir Systems Trading Belgium BV - 17, 16.53Flir Systems Trad…
Flir vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Flir's grants concentrate

Flir Systems Trading Belgium BV is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 52.9% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Flir sits between Fineline Technologies and Fuse, LLC.

Flir's three-year grant acceleration

Flir Systems Trading Belgium BV shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Who files at Flir's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Flir holds 17 patents at rank #16,800, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Flir

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,800 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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)

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

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 Trading Belgium BV patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2015 2 11.8%
2016 1 5.9%
2018 4 23.5%
2019 1 5.9%
2020 3 17.6%
2021 1 5.9%
2022 1 5.9%
2023 3 17.6%
2024 1 5.9%

Which technologies does Flir Systems Trading Belgium BV patent most?

Top 15 of 17 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 Trading Belgium BV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Flir Systems Trading Belgium BV's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 52.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
  • Ranked #16,802 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Flir Systems Trading Belgium BV against Fineline Technologies, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 41.1/100 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

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.