Where does Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC ranks #10,619 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 Equipment Development Company, LLC hold?

Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC's Innovation Score?

Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC has an Innovation Score of 40.4 out of 100 (top 36% 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 Equipment Development Company, LLC focus on?

Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC's top technology area is B01D (Separation) with 22 patents, ranking #210 of 3,536 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC's recent grant velocity is -7% 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 Equipment Development Company, LLC's patents?

Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC's patents average 18.8 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 Fluid Equipment Development Company, 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

Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: B01D (Separation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fluid ranks #10,619 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 24 technology areas.

#10,619
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.4/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: -7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10619 · US Corporation #10,619 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,619/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fetch Robotics
CPC-FOCUS B01D · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fetch Robotics, 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 40.4 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 11.7 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 17.3 pts (43%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Calithera Biosciences · near

40
Fluid Equipment… · this assignee

40
GE Healthcare AS · near

40
Mesoblast Internatio… · near

40
Personics Holdings · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fluid's Innovation Score is 40.4/100 (top 36% 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 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fluid's grants concentrate

Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 75.9% of grants classified under B01D (Separation). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Fluid sits between Flisom AG and GKN Driveline International GmbH.

Flisom

29
FTC Solar

29
Fetch Robotics

29
Florida Atlantic…

29
Fugro

29
GEA Tuchenhagen

29
Geistlich Pharma

29
GKN Driveline Int…

29
Fluid Equipment D… ◀

29

What this shows Fluid holds 29 patents at rank #10,619, 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 #10,619 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01D (Separation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Fluid, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01D (Separation), Fluid ranks #210 of 3,536 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Calithera Biosciences, Inc. 40 Personics Holdings, LLC 40 Mesoblast International Sàrl 40 GE Healthcare AS 40

Fluid's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

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 Equipment Development Company, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.9%
2016	3	10.3%
2017	5	17.2%
2018	3	10.3%
2019	2	6.9%
2020	4	13.8%
2021	10	34.5%

Which technologies does Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC patent most?

B01D - Separation 22

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 20

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 13

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 8

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 3

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 3

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 2

B03D - FLOTATION; Differential Sedimentation 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

F03B - Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids 1

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 1

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

Top 15 of 24 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 Equipment Development Company, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC's lead technology class is B01D (Separation), 75.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01D
Ranked #10,619 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC against Flisom AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.4/100 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

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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