Where does Fluor Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fluor Corporation ranks #40,249 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 Fluor Corporation hold?

Fluor Corporation holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2016, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Fluor Corporation's Innovation Score?

Fluor Corporation has an Innovation Score of 28.0 out of 100 (26th 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 Fluor Corporation focus on?

Fluor Corporation's top technology area is B01D (Separation) with 4 patents, ranking #1,134 of 3,536 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fluor Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fluor Corporation'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 Fluor Corporation's patents?

Fluor Corporation's patents average 16.8 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 Fluor Corporation 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

Fluor Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2016. 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, Fluor ranks #40,249 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 10 technology areas.

#40,249
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.0/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40249 · US Corporation #40,249 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,249/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Flower Orthopedics
CPC-FOCUS B01D · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Flower Orthopedics Corporation (±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 Fluor’s 28.0 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 6.7 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fluor · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fluor's Innovation Score is 28.0/100 (26th 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 Fluor?

Each dot is one of Fluor’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). Fluor’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fluor's grants concentrate

Fluor Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B01D (Separation). By volume, Fluor sits between Flower Orthopedics Corporation and Fontem Holdings 2 B.V..

Flower Orthopedics

6
Flowonix Medical…

6
Flowpro Well Tech…

6
Fluke

6
Fluoron

6
Flying Gybe

6
Fontaine Engineer…

6
Fontem Holdings 2…

6
Fluor ◀

6

What this shows Fluor holds 6 patents at rank #40,294, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fluor

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,294 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01D (Separation)

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

Fluor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Fluor Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	6	100.0%

Which technologies does Fluor Corporation patent most?

B01D - Separation 4

F25J - Liquefaction, Solidification OR Separation OF Gases OR Gaseous ; OR Liquefied GASEOUS; Mixtures BY Pressure AND Cold Treatment ; OR BY Bringing Them Into THE Supercritical State 2

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

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

Fluor Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fluor Corporation's lead technology class is B01D (Separation), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01D
Ranked #40,249 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fluor Corporation against Flower Orthopedics Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.0/100 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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