Overall rank by patents
#28,780
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 16 technology areas, active 2018–2019. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: B04B (CENTRIFUGES).
The verdict
Fluid holds 9 US patents across 16 technology areas, rank #28,780 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
Fluid Quip, Inc. has been granted 9 US utility patents between 2018 and 2019, placing Fluid Quip, Inc. at rank #28,780 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 16 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 20.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in B04B (CENTRIFUGES). As a US Corporation, Fluid Quip, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Fluid sits between Fitness Anywhere Llc (9 patents, rank #28,776) and Forsight Vision5, Inc. (9 patents, rank #28,784) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 34.2/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 0 grants, compared with 9 in the 2015–2019 window, a -100% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Fluid Quip, Inc.'s 20.1 average claims per patent reflects complex, broadly scoped inventions that are difficult for competitors to design around, while concentration in 16 subclasses points to a focused technical program. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Fluid Quip, Inc. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Fitness Anywhere LLC
9 patents
Flex Force Enterprises, LLC
9 patents
FlexGen Power Systems, LLC
9 patents
Flow Forward Medical, Inc.
9 patents
FogHorn Systems, Inc.
9 patents
Fontaine Fifth Wheel Company
9 patents
Food Machinery Engineering, LMTD
9 patents
ForSight Vision5, Inc.
9 patents
Fluid Quip, Inc.
9 patents
What this shows Fluid holds 9 patents at rank #28,780, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #28,780 in granted patent volume.
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, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
34 Top 53% higher than 47% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 22.2% |
| 2019 | 7 | 77.8% |
Top 15 of 16 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#28,780
Across all tracked assignees
34.2 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Fluid's 9 grants land it in the top 53% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.