Where does Fluence Automation LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fluence Automation LLC ranks #31,658 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 Fluence Automation LLC hold?

Fluence Automation LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Fluence Automation LLC's Innovation Score?

Fluence Automation LLC has an Innovation Score of 31.8 out of 100 (39th 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 Fluence Automation LLC focus on?

Fluence Automation LLC's top technology area is B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes) with 5 patents, ranking #31 of 145 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fluence Automation LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fluence Automation LLC's recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Fluence Automation LLC's patents?

Fluence Automation LLC's patents average 20.8 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 Fluence Automation 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

Fluence Automation LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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: B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fluence ranks #31,658 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 11 technology areas.

#31,658
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.8/100): 20.8
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31658 · US Corporation #31,658 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,658/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Flexus Biosciences
CPC-FOCUS B65C · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Flexus Biosciences, Inc. (±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 Fluence’s 31.8 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 7.6 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 12.5 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fluence Automation · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fluence's Innovation Score is 31.8/100 (39th 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 Fluence?

Each dot is one of Fluence’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). Fluence’s own 20.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fluence's grants concentrate

Fluence Automation LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Fluence sits between Flexus Biosciences, Inc. and Focused Technology Solutions, Inc..

Flexus Biosciences

8
Flint Group

8
Flo Free

8
Flow Labs

8
Flusso

8
Flying Whales

8
Fochon Pharmaceut…

8
Focused Technolog…

8
Fluence Automation ◀

8

What this shows Fluence holds 8 patents at rank #31,682, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fluence

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,682 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines)

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

Fluence's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Fluence Automation LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	25.0%
2018	4	50.0%
2019	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Fluence Automation LLC patent most?

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

G07B - Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus 3

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 3

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Fluence Automation LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fluence Automation LLC's lead technology class is B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65C
Ranked #31,658 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fluence Automation LLC against Flexus Biosciences, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.8/100 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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