Where does Fluid Automation Systems S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fluid Automation Systems S.A. ranks #17,670 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 Fluid Automation Systems S.A. hold?

Fluid Automation Systems S.A. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Fluid Automation Systems S.A.'s Innovation Score?

Fluid Automation Systems S.A. has an Innovation Score of 29.4 out of 100 (30th 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 Fluid Automation Systems S.A. focus on?

Fluid Automation Systems S.A.'s top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating) with 13 patents, ranking #153 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fluid Automation Systems S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fluid Automation Systems S.A.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Fluid Automation Systems S.A.'s patents?

Fluid Automation Systems S.A.'s patents average 14.0 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 Fluid Automation Systems S.A. 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 Foreign Corporation

Fluid Automation Systems S.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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, Fluid ranks #17,670 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 10 technology areas.

#17,670
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.4/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17670 · Foreign Corporation #17,670 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,670/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Flexa
CPC-FOCUS F16K · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Flexa 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 Fluid’s 29.4 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 9.8 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (38%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fluid Automation… · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fluid's Innovation Score is 29.4/100 (30th 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 Fluid?

Each dot is one of Fluid’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). Fluid’s own 14.0 claims/patent is at or below the 17.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Fluid's grants concentrate

Fluid Automation Systems S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 81.3% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Fluid sits between Flexa Inc. and Frost Buddy LLC.

Flexa

16
Florida Institute…

16
Florida Institute…

16
Flottweg SE

16
Foncloud

16
Foundation Fitness

16
Freshworks

16
Frost Buddy

16
Fluid Automation… ◀

16

What this shows Fluid holds 16 patents at rank #17,676, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fluid

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,676 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

Fluid's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Fluid Automation Systems S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	50.0%
2016	1	6.3%
2017	3	18.8%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	3	18.8%

Which technologies does Fluid Automation Systems S.A. patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 13

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 1

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 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

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 1

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Fluid Automation Systems S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fluid Automation Systems S.A.'s lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 81.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #17,670 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fluid Automation Systems S.A. against Flexa Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.4/100 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

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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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