Where does Focal IP, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Focal IP, LLC ranks #46,808 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 Focal IP, LLC hold?

Focal IP, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Focal IP, LLC's Innovation Score?

Focal IP, LLC has an Innovation Score of 28.3 out of 100 (27th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Focal IP, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Focal IP, LLC'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 Focal IP, LLC's patents?

Focal IP, LLC's patents average 26.8 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 Focal IP, LLC 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

Focal IP, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Focal IP, LLC focus on?

Focal IP, LLC's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Focal ranks #46,808 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#46,808
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.3/100): 26.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46808 · US Corporation #46,808 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,808/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fluidion SAS
CPC-NARROW H04L · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fluidion SAS (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Focal IP · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Focal's Innovation Score is 28.3/100 (27th 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.

Where Focal's grants concentrate

Focal IP, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Focal sits between Fluidion SAS and Fondazione Centro SAN Raffaele.

Fluidion SAS

5
Fluonics

5
FNA S P A

5
FNS Tech

5
Foley Patents

5
Follea Internatio…

5
Fomtech

5
Fondazione Centro…

5
Focal IP ◀

5

What this shows Focal holds 5 patents at rank #46,736, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Focal

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,736 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Focal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Focal IP, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	40.0%
2016	1	20.0%
2018	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Focal IP, LLC patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

H04M - Telephonic Communication 5

H04Q - Selecting 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#46,808

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Focal IP, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Focal IP, LLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #46,808 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Focal IP, LLC against Fluidion SAS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.