Where does Flying Whales rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flying Whales ranks #31,663 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 Flying Whales hold?

Flying Whales holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Flying Whales's Innovation Score?

Flying Whales has an Innovation Score of 45.9 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Flying Whales focus on?

Flying Whales's top technology area is B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft) with 8 patents, ranking #10 of 39 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Flying Whales's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Flying Whales's recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Flying Whales's patents?

Flying Whales's patents average 12.9 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 Flying Whales 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

Flying Whales

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flying ranks #31,663 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 9 technology areas.

#31,663
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (45.9/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31663 · Foreign Corporation #31,663 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,663/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Flo Free
CPC-NARROW B64B · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Flo Free LLC (±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 Flying’s 45.9 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 7.6 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (44%) Breadth 10.6 pts (23%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Flying Whales · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flying's Innovation Score is 45.9/100 (top 22% 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 Flying?

Each dot is one of Flying’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). Flying’s own 12.9 claims/patent is at or below the 18.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Flying's grants concentrate

Flying Whales is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Flying sits between Flo Free LLC and Fontaine Engineering und Maschinen GmbH.

Flying's three-year grant acceleration

Flying Whales shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Flo Free

8
Flow Labs

8
Fluence Automation

8
Flusso

8
Fochon Pharmaceut…

8
Focused Technolog…

8
Fondazione Teleth…

8
Fontaine Engineer…

8
Flying Whales ◀

8

What this shows Flying holds 8 patents at rank #31,684, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Flying

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,684 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft)

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

Flying's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Flying Whales patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%
2023	3	37.5%
2024	1	12.5%
2025partial year	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Flying Whales patent most?

B64B - Lighter-than AIR Aircraft 8

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 6

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 1

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Flying Whales's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flying Whales's lead technology class is B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64B
Ranked #31,663 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flying Whales against Flo Free LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.9/100 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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