Where does Flowserve Management Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flowserve Management Company ranks #3,372 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 Flowserve Management Company hold?

Flowserve Management Company holds 110 US utility patents granted 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 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant 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, ranking #27 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 53 CPC subclasses total.

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

Flowserve Management Company's recent grant velocity is +29% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Flowserve Management Company's patents average 15.9 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 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Flowserve Management Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 110 granted patents across 53 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flowserve ranks #3,372 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 110 patents across 53 technology areas.

#3,372
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.1/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: +29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3372 · US Corporation #3,372 · 110 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 110 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,372/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cepheid
CPC-WIDE F16K · 53 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cepheid (±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 Flowserve’s 54.1 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 16.3 pts (30%) Velocity 3.3 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Flowserve Management · this assignee

54
Hanwha Vision · near

54
Korea Institute OF… · near

54
Oxford Nanopore · near

54
Sumitomo Osaka Cement · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flowserve's Innovation Score is 54.1/100 (top 8% 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 Flowserve?

Each dot is one of Flowserve’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). Flowserve’s own 15.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Flowserve's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Flowserve Management Company received 62 grants versus 48 in 2015–2019 (+29% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 26 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 1. Lead class F16K accounts for 46.4% of the portfolio across 53 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Cepheid (#3,368) and King's College London (#3,376).

Flowserve's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Flowserve Management Company moved from 48 to 24 grants (0.50x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,700. See the growth leaderboard.

Cepheid

110
Educational Testi…

110
Enza Zaden Beheer…

110
Experian Informat…

110
Fuelcell Energy

110
G D S P A

110
Harmonic

110
King's College Lo…

110
Flowserve Managem… ◀

110

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.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Flowserve, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16K (Valves), Flowserve ranks #27 of 1,836 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC 54 Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. 54 Korea Institute OF Energy Research 54 Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd. 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.9 here).

Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC 15.9 avg JT International SA 15.9 avg Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC 15.9 avg Hisense Co., Ltd. 15.9 avg

Flowserve's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 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

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Flowserve Management Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flowserve Management Company's lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 46.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #3,372 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flowserve Management Company against Cepheid, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.1/100 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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