Where does Fluid Metering, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fluid Metering, Inc. ranks #21,138 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 Metering, Inc. hold?

Fluid Metering, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Fluid Metering, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Fluid Metering, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.9 out of 100 (43rd 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 Metering, Inc. focus on?

Fluid Metering, Inc.'s top technology area is F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps) with 13 patents, ranking #101 of 1,184 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fluid Metering, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fluid Metering, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +133% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Fluid Metering, Inc.'s patents?

Fluid Metering, Inc.'s patents average 10.3 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 Metering, Inc. 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 Metering, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fluid ranks #21,138 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 6 technology areas.

#21,138
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.9/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: +133%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21138 · US Corporation #21,138 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,138/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fincantieri S P A
CPC-NARROW F04B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +133% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fincantieri S.P.A. (±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 32.9 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 9.1 pts (28%) Velocity 8.9 pts (27%) Breadth 8.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fluid Metering · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fluid's Innovation Score is 32.9/100 (43rd 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 10.3 claims/patent is at or below the 13.4 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 Metering, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Fluid sits between Fincantieri S.P.A. and Freudenberg Sealing Technologies S.A.S. DI Externa Italia S.R.L.U..

Fluid's three-year grant acceleration

Fluid Metering, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Fincantieri S P A

13
Fipak Research An…

13
Flir Surveillance

13
Flocon

13
Foboha (Germany)

13
Force MOS Technol…

13
Four Paws Products

13
Freudenberg Seali…

13
Fluid Metering ◀

13

What this shows Fluid holds 13 patents at rank #21,126, 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 #21,126 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids)

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)

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Fluid Metering, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.7%
2017	1	7.7%
2018	1	7.7%
2021	3	23.1%
2023	1	7.7%
2024	3	23.1%
2025partial year	3	23.1%

Which technologies does Fluid Metering, Inc. patent most?

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 13

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 3

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

B01D - Separation 1

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 1

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 1

Top 6 of 6 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 Metering, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fluid Metering, Inc.'s lead technology class is F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04B
Ranked #21,138 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fluid Metering, Inc. against Fincantieri S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.9/100 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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