Where does Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd. ranks #26,313 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-Rite Controls, Ltd. hold?

Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 29.6 out of 100 (31st percentile 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-Rite Controls, Ltd. focus on?

Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 5 patents, ranking #2,175 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -57% 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-Rite Controls, Ltd.'s patents?

Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd.'s patents average 12.0 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-Rite Controls, Ltd. 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-Rite Controls, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flow-rite ranks #26,313 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 13 technology areas.

#26,313
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.6/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26313 · US Corporation #26,313 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,313/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Five3 Genomics
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Five3 Genomics, 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.

How Flow-rite’s 29.6 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 8.3 pts (28%) Velocity 1.3 pts (4%) Breadth 12.7 pts (43%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Flow-Rite Controls · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flow-rite's Innovation Score is 29.6/100 (31st 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Flow-rite?

Each dot is one of Flow-rite’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-rite’s own 12.0 claims/patent is at or below the 14.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Flow-rite's grants concentrate

Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Flow-rite sits between Five3 Genomics, LLC and Foldax, Inc..

Flow-rite's three-year grant acceleration

Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd. shows 1 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.

Five3 Genomics

10
Flirtey Holdings

10
Flo-tech

10
Floratine Product…

10
Fluid-screen

10
Flyer Next

10
Flying Cloud

10
Foldax

10
Flow-rite Controls ◀

10

What this shows Flow-Rite holds 10 patents at rank #26,327, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Flow-Rite

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,327 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Flow-rite's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

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

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Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	2	20.0%
2019	3	30.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2022	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 5

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

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 1

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #26,313 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flow-Rite Controls, Ltd. against Five3 Genomics, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.6/100 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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