Where does FloDesign Sonics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), FloDesign Sonics, Inc. ranks #4,292 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 FloDesign Sonics, Inc. hold?

FloDesign Sonics, Inc. holds 83 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is FloDesign Sonics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

FloDesign Sonics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.6 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does FloDesign Sonics, Inc. focus on?

FloDesign Sonics, Inc.'s top technology area is B01D (Separation) with 70 patents, ranking #52 of 3,536 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is FloDesign Sonics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

FloDesign Sonics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -46% 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 FloDesign Sonics, Inc.'s patents?

FloDesign Sonics, Inc.'s patents average 19.4 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 FloDesign Sonics, 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

FloDesign Sonics, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 83 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B01D (Separation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flodesign ranks #4,292 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 83 patents across 25 technology areas.

#4,292
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.6/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: -46%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4292 · US Corporation #4,292 · 83 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 83 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,292/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Theatre Controls
CPC-FOCUS B01D · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -46% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Electronic Theatre Controls, 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 Flodesign’s 46.6 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 15.3 pts (33%) Velocity 2.0 pts (4%) Breadth 17.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Christian-Albrechts-… · near

47
Exedy · near

47
FloDesign Sonics · this assignee

47
Freedman Pty · near

47
Ideal Power · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flodesign's Innovation Score is 46.6/100 (top 20% 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 Flodesign?

Each dot is one of Flodesign’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). Flodesign’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Flodesign's grants concentrate

FloDesign Sonics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 84.3% of grants classified under B01D (Separation). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (30 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Flodesign sits between Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. and Intematix Corporation.

Flodesign's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, FloDesign Sonics, Inc. moved from 27 to 8 grants (0.30x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Theatre Controls

83
Elemental LED

83
Etron Technology

83
Fellowes

83
Gogo

83
Hopkins Manufactu…

83
Incipio

83
Intematix

83
Flodesign Sonics ◀

83

What this shows FloDesign holds 83 patents at rank #4,292, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near FloDesign

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,292 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01D (Separation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for FloDesign, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01D (Separation), FloDesign ranks #52 of 3,536 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Ideal Power Inc. 47 Freedman Electronics Pty Limited 47 Exedy Corporation 47 Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.4 here).

Innovex Downhole Solutions, Inc. 19.4 avg Sirna Therapeutics, Inc. 19.4 avg University of Maine System Board of Trustees 19.4 avg rewardStyle, Inc. 19.4 avg

Flodesign's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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FloDesign Sonics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	3.6%
2016	10	12.0%
2017	30	36.1%
2018	5	6.0%
2019	6	7.2%
2020	13	15.7%
2021	8	9.6%
2022	7	8.4%
2023	1	1.2%

Which technologies does FloDesign Sonics, Inc. patent most?

B01D - Separation 70

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 64

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 51

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 35

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 19

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 19

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 11

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

C07K - Peptides 7

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 6

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 4

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 3

B03B - Separating Solid Materials Using Liquids OR Using Pneumatic Tables OR Jigs 3

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 3

Top 15 of 25 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

FloDesign Sonics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

FloDesign Sonics, Inc.'s lead technology class is B01D (Separation), 84.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01D
Ranked #4,292 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare FloDesign Sonics, Inc. against Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.6/100 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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