Where does FMC Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), FMC Corporation ranks #2,657 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 FMC Corporation hold?

FMC Corporation holds 146 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 55 technology areas.

What is FMC Corporation's Innovation Score?

FMC Corporation has an Innovation Score of 56.5 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

FMC Corporation's recent grant velocity is +7% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for FMC Corporation's patents?

FMC Corporation's patents average 13.6 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 FMC 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

FMC Corporation

Q: What technology areas does FMC Corporation focus on?

FMC Corporation's top technology area is A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators) with 115 patents, ranking #9 of 1,216 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 55 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 146 granted patents across 55 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, FMC ranks #2,657 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 146 patents across 55 technology areas.

#2,657
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.5/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: +7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2657 · US Corporation #2,657 · 146 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 146 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,657/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Akzo Nobel Chemicals…
CPC-WIDE A01N · 55 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V (±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 FMC’s 56.5 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 17.2 pts (30%) Velocity 6.1 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Banks AND Acquirers… · near

56
BlueHalo · near

56
FMC · this assignee

56
Nexans · near

56
Veoneer US · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows FMC's Innovation Score is 56.5/100 (top 6% 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 FMC?

Each dot is one of FMC’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). FMC’s own 13.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How FMC's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, FMC Corporation received 72 grants versus 67 in 2015–2019 (+7% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 19 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 7. Lead class A01N accounts for 78.8% of the portfolio across 55 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V (#2,653) and Kardium Inc. (#2,661).

FMC's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, FMC Corporation moved from 45 to 41 grants (0.91x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,442. See the growth leaderboard.

Akzo Nobel Chemic…

146
Alexion Pharmaceu…

146
Brita

146
Dorco

146
Herman Miller

146
IPG Photonics

146
Joseph Voegele

146
Kardium

146
FMC ◀

146

What this shows FMC holds 146 patents at rank #2,657, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near FMC

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,657 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for FMC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR…), FMC ranks #9 of 1,216 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Banks AND Acquirers International Holding 56 BlueHalo, LLC 56 Veoneer US LLC 56 Nexans 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.6 here).

Beijing Jingdong Shangke Information Technology Co., Ltd. 13.6 avg RFMicron, Inc. 13.6 avg Yokowo Co., Ltd. 13.6 avg Thyssenkrupp Presta Aktiengesellschaft 13.6 avg

FMC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

FMC Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	11.0%
2016	7	4.8%
2017	16	11.0%
2018	14	9.6%
2019	14	9.6%
2020	19	13.0%
2021	12	8.2%
2022	19	13.0%
2023	14	9.6%
2024	8	5.5%
2025partial year	7	4.8%

Which technologies does FMC Corporation patent most?

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 115

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 65

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 13

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 10

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 9

A01P - Biocidal, Pest Repellant, Pest Attractant OR Plant Growth Regulatory Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Preparations 8

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 8

C05G - Mixtures OF Fertilisers Covered Individually BY Different Subclasses OF Class C05; Mixtures OF ONE OR More Fertilisers With Materials NOT Having A Specific Fertilising Activity, e.g. Pesticides, Soil-conditioners, Wetting Agents ; Fertilisers Characterised BY Their Form 8

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 7

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 7

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 7

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 7

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 6

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 5

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 5

Top 15 of 55 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

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

FMC Corporation's lead technology class is A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators), 78.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01N
Ranked #2,657 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare FMC Corporation against Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.5/100 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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