Where does FMC Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), FMC Technologies, Inc. ranks #2,062 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 Technologies, Inc. hold?

FMC Technologies, Inc. holds 192 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 59 technology areas.

What is FMC Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

FMC Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 68.1 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is FMC Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

FMC Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for FMC Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

FMC Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 19.6 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 Technologies, Inc. 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 Technologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does FMC Technologies, Inc. focus on?

FMC Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 142 patents, ranking #22 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 59 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 192 granted patents across 59 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, FMC ranks #2,062 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 192 patents across 59 technology areas.

#2,062
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (68.1/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2062 · US Corporation #2,062 · 192 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 192 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,062/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Appotronics
CPC-WIDE E21B · 59 areas
INNOV-STRONG 68.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Appotronics Corporation 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 68.1 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 18.2 pts (27%) Velocity 13.2 pts (19%) Breadth 25.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
United States… · near

68
View · near

68
FMC · this assignee

68
UIF (University… · near

68
Levi Strauss & · near

68
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows FMC's Innovation Score is 68.1/100 (top 1% 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 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.5 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 Technologies, Inc. received 116 grants versus 58 in 2015–2019 (+100% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 33 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 5. Lead class E21B accounts for 74% of the portfolio across 59 subclasses. Volume neighbours: THE UAB Research Foundation (#2,058) and Quantum Corporation (#2,066).

FMC's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, FMC Technologies, Inc. moved from 44 to 87 grants (1.98x 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 #217. See the growth leaderboard.

THE UAB Research…

193
The Governors of…

193
Zeno Semiconductor

193
Appotronics

192
Interdigital Madi…

192
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192
Opple Lighting

192
Quantum

192
FMC ◀

192

What this shows FMC holds 192 patents at rank #2,062, 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 #2,062 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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 E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), FMC ranks #22 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (68 here).

View, Inc. 68 United States Department of Energy 68 UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University 68 Levi Strauss & Co. 68

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.6 here).

Blueowl, LLC 19.6 avg Banjo Corporation 19.6 avg Knowles Electronics, LLC 19.6 avg Singular Genomics Systems, Inc. 19.6 avg

FMC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

68 Top 1% higher than 99% 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.

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FMC Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	2.6%
2016	11	5.7%
2017	8	4.2%
2018	19	9.9%
2019	15	7.8%
2020	12	6.3%
2021	17	8.9%
2022	27	14.1%
2023	33	17.2%
2024	27	14.1%
2025partial year	18	9.4%

Which technologies does FMC Technologies, Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 142

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 31

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 19

B01D - Separation 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 10

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 10

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 9

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 8

B63C - Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects 6

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 6

B03C - Magnetic OR Electrostatic Separation OF Solid Materials From Solid Materials OR FLUIDS; Separation BY High-voltage Electric Fields 5

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 4

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

E02B - Hydraulic Engineering 4

Top 15 of 59 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 Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

FMC Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 74% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #2,062 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare FMC Technologies, Inc. against THE UAB Research Foundation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 68.1/100 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.

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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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