Where does Flotek Chemistry, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flotek Chemistry, LLC ranks #7,003 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 Flotek Chemistry, LLC hold?

Flotek Chemistry, LLC holds 47 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Flotek Chemistry, LLC's Innovation Score?

Flotek Chemistry, LLC has an Innovation Score of 33.5 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Flotek Chemistry, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Flotek Chemistry, LLC'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 Flotek Chemistry, LLC's patents?

Flotek Chemistry, LLC's patents average 16.2 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 Flotek Chemistry, LLC 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

Flotek Chemistry, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Flotek Chemistry, LLC focus on?

Flotek Chemistry, LLC's top technology area is C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere) with 47 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 47 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flotek ranks #7,003 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 47 patents across 6 technology areas.

#7,003
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.5/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7003 · US Corporation #7,003 · 47 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 47 grants
UPPER-Q #7,003/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Elbit Systems OF…
CPC-NARROW C09K · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Elbit Systems OF America, LLC (±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
Flotek Chemistry · this assignee

33
IHI Charging… · near

33
Polyphor · near

33
Valencia · near

33
Verizon and Redbox… · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flotek's Innovation Score is 33.5/100 (45th percentile 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 Flotek's grants concentrate

Flotek Chemistry, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (11 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2017. By volume, Flotek sits between Elbit Systems OF America, LLC and Gaumard Scientific Company, Inc..

Flotek's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Flotek Chemistry, LLC moved from 23 to 6 grants (0.26x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Elbit Systems OF…

47
Embarcadero

47
Endologix

47
Fate Therapeutics

47
General Electric…

47
Grains Research A…

47
Guangzhou Issyzon…

47
Gaumard Scientific

47
Flotek Chemistry ◀

47

What this shows Flotek holds 47 patents at rank #7,003, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Flotek

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,003 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Flotek, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Polyphor AG 33 Valencia Technologies Corporation 33 IHI Charging Systems International GmbH 33 Verizon and Redbox Digital Entertainment Services, LLC 33

Flotek's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Flotek Chemistry, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	8.5%
2017	3	6.4%
2018	11	23.4%
2019	7	14.9%
2020	8	17.0%
2021	8	17.0%
2022	3	6.4%
2023	3	6.4%

Which technologies does Flotek Chemistry, LLC patent most?

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 47

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 31

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 3

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 3

C07G - Compounds OF Unknown Constitution 3

C23F - Non-mechanical Removal OF Metallic Material From Surface ; Inhibiting Corrosion OF Metallic Material OR Incrustation IN GENERAL; Multi-step Processes FOR Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material Involving AT Least ONE Process Provided FOR IN Class C23 AND AT Least ONE Process Covered BY Subclass C21d 2

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#7,003

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

33.5 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

Flotek Chemistry, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flotek Chemistry, LLC's lead technology class is C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09K
Ranked #7,003 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flotek Chemistry, LLC against Elbit Systems OF America, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.5/100 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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