USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Flowserve Management Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 110 granted patents across 53 technology areas, active 2015–2024. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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110

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

15.9

Avg claims per patent

+29%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Flowserve holds 110 US patents across 53 technology areas, rank #3,372 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#3,372
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.1/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: +29%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Flowserve Management Company has been granted 110 US utility patents between 2015 and 2024, placing Flowserve Management Company at rank #3,372 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 53 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 15.9 claims per patent with primary concentration in F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING). As a US Corporation, Flowserve Management Company is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Flowserve sits between Cepheid (110 patents, rank #3,368) and King's College London (110 patents, rank #3,376) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 54.1/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 62 grants, compared with 48 in the 2015–2019 window, a +29% shift in five-year velocity. Steady filing volume suggests sustained innovation without dramatic pivots. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Flowserve Management Company's 15.9 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 53 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Flowserve Management Company against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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What this shows Flowserve holds 110 patents at rank #3,372, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Flowserve

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,372 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

Flowserve's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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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Flowserve Management Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	12.7%
2016	7	6.4%
2017	7	6.4%
2018	10	9.1%
2019	10	9.1%
2020	12	10.9%
2021	26	23.6%
2022	14	12.7%
2023	9	8.2%
2024	1	0.9%

Which technologies does Flowserve Management Company patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING 51

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 25

F16J - PISTONS ; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS 25

F04D - NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS 18

C10B - DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS FOR PRODUCTION OF GAS, COKE, TAR, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS 10

E21B - EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS 8

H02K - DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES 7

F04B - POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS 6

F04F - PUMPING OF FLUID BY DIRECT CONTACT OF ANOTHER FLUID OR BY USING INERTIA OF FLUID TO BE PUMPED ; SIPHONS 6

F16C - SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS 6

F15B - SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 5

G01D - MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 5

B08B - CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL 4

F16L - PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL 4

G05D - SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES 3

Top 15 of 53 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Growing

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,372

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

54.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Flowserve Management Company hold?

Flowserve Management Company holds 110 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2024, spanning 53 technology areas.

What is Flowserve Management Company's Innovation Score?

Flowserve Management Company has an Innovation Score of 54.1 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Flowserve Management Company focus on?

Flowserve Management Company's top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING) with 51 patents. The company has filed patents in 53 CPC subclasses total.

Is Flowserve Management Company's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Flowserve Management Company's recent filing velocity is +29% compared to the prior five-year period. The company is maintaining or growing its patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Flowserve Management Company's patents?

Flowserve Management Company's patents average 15.9 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Flowserve Management Company 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.

How to use this portfolio

Flowserve's 110 grants land it in the top 8% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Flowserve ranks #3,372 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in F16K - see who else leads that technology area. F16K leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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.