Where does Flow International Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flow International Corporation ranks #8,587 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 Flow International Corporation hold?

Flow International Corporation holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Flow International Corporation's Innovation Score?

Flow International Corporation has an Innovation Score of 52.0 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Flow International Corporation focus on?

Flow International Corporation's top technology area is B24C (Abrasive OR Related Blasting With Particulate Material) with 22 patents, ranking #3 of 114 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Flow International Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Flow International Corporation's recent grant velocity is -26% 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 Flow International Corporation's patents?

Flow International Corporation's patents average 23.1 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 Flow International Corporation 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

Flow International Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 24 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: B24C (Abrasive OR Related Blasting With Particulate Material).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flow ranks #8,587 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 24 technology areas.

#8,587
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (52.0/100): 23.1
avg claims per patent: -26%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8587 · US Corporation #8,587 · 37 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,587/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fisher & Paykel…
CPC-FOCUS B24C · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -26% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited (±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 Flow’s 52.0 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 12.6 pts (24%) Velocity 8.3 pts (16%) Breadth 17.3 pts (33%) Claim depth 13.8 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
2236008 Ontario · near

52
Flow International · this assignee

52
Harry Winston · near

52
Tyco Japan G K · near

52
XIA TAI XIN… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flow's Innovation Score is 52.0/100 (top 11% 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 Flow?

Each dot is one of Flow’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). Flow’s own 23.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Flow's grants concentrate

Flow International Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 59.5% of grants classified under B24C (Abrasive OR Related Blasting With Particulate Material). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Flow sits between Fortemedia, Inc. and Green Solution Technology Co., Ltd..

Flow's three-year grant acceleration

Flow International Corporation shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Fortemedia

37
Fuji OIL Holdings

37
Fuso Pharmaceutic…

37
Fisher & Paykel A…

37
Franklin Electric

37
Fraunhofer USA

37
G & W Electric

37
Green Solution Te…

37
Flow International ◀

37

What this shows Flow holds 37 patents at rank #8,590, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Flow

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,590 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B24C (Abrasive OR Related Blasting With Particulate Material)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Flow, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B24C (Abrasive OR Related Blasting With Particulate Material), Flow ranks #3 of 114 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

2236008 Ontario Inc. 52 Tyco Electronics Japan G.K. 52 Harry Winston SA 52 XIA TAI XIN Semiconductor (QING DAO) Ltd. 52

Flow's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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.

View data table

Flow International Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.7%
2016	2	5.4%
2017	8	21.6%
2018	4	10.8%
2019	4	10.8%
2020	2	5.4%
2021	2	5.4%
2022	6	16.2%
2023	2	5.4%
2024	2	5.4%
2025partial year	4	10.8%

Which technologies does Flow International Corporation patent most?

B24C - Abrasive OR Related Blasting With Particulate Material 22

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 22

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 4

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 4

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 4

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 2

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 2

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

Top 15 of 24 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Flow International Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flow International Corporation's lead technology class is B24C (Abrasive OR Related Blasting With Particulate Material), 59.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B24C
Ranked #8,587 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flow International Corporation against Fortemedia, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.0/100 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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