Where does FMC Separation Systems, BV rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), FMC Separation Systems, BV ranks #26,318 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 Separation Systems, BV hold?

FMC Separation Systems, BV holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is FMC Separation Systems, BV's Innovation Score?

FMC Separation Systems, BV has an Innovation Score of 24.7 out of 100 (15th 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 FMC Separation Systems, BV focus on?

FMC Separation Systems, BV's top technology area is B01D (Separation) with 10 patents, ranking #480 of 3,536 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is FMC Separation Systems, BV's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

FMC Separation Systems, BV's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 FMC Separation Systems, BV's patents?

FMC Separation Systems, BV's patents average 10.7 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 Separation Systems, BV 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

FMC Separation Systems, BV

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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, FMC ranks #26,318 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 8 technology areas.

#26,318
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.7/100): 10.7
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26318 · Foreign Corporation #26,318 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,318/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Flexidrill
CPC-NARROW B01D · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Flexidrill Limited (±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 24.7 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 8.3 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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FMC Separation… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows FMC's Innovation Score is 24.7/100 (15th 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 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 10.7 claims/patent is at or below the 11.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where FMC's grants concentrate

FMC Separation Systems, BV is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B01D (Separation). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, FMC sits between Flexidrill Limited and Foshan Carro Electrical Co., Ltd..

Flexidrill

10
Flextronics Inter…

10
Flomatic

10
Fluid-o-tech S R L

10
FMH Conveyors

10
Fontaine Holdings

10
Forel S P A

10
Foshan Carro Elec…

10
FMC Separation Sy… ◀

10

What this shows FMC holds 10 patents at rank #26,296, 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 #26,296 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01D (Separation)

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

FMC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

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

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FMC Separation Systems, BV patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	10.0%
2017	3	30.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	3	30.0%

Which technologies does FMC Separation Systems, BV patent most?

B01D - Separation 10

B04C - Apparatus Using Free Vortex Flow, e.g. Cyclones 6

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

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

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

B03D - FLOTATION; Differential Sedimentation 1

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

Top 8 of 8 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 Separation Systems, BV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

FMC Separation Systems, BV's lead technology class is B01D (Separation), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01D
Ranked #26,318 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare FMC Separation Systems, BV against Flexidrill Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.7/100 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

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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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