Where does Focal Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Focal Systems, Inc. ranks #21,141 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 Systems, Inc. hold?

Focal Systems, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Focal Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Focal Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.7 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Focal Systems, Inc. focus on?

Focal Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding) with 11 patents, ranking #858 of 5,108 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Focal Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Focal Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +900% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Focal Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Focal Systems, Inc.'s patents average 18.1 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 Systems, 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

Focal Systems, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 11 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: G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Focal ranks #21,141 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 11 technology areas.

#21,141
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.7/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: +900%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21141 · US Corporation #21,141 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,141/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fiskars UK
CPC-FOCUS G06V · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +900% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fiskars UK 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 Focal’s 39.7 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 9.1 pts (23%) Velocity 8.0 pts (20%) Breadth 11.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Focal Systems · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Focal's Innovation Score is 39.7/100 (top 37% 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 Focal?

Each dot is one of Focal’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). Focal’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Focal's grants concentrate

Focal Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 84.6% of grants classified under G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Focal sits between Fiskars UK Limited and Formtec, LLC..

Focal's three-year grant acceleration

Focal Systems, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Fiskars UK

13
Flagship Brands

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Flexopack

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Flyreel

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Force Impact

13
Ford Global Techn…

13
Foresee Pharmaceu…

13
Formtec

13
Focal Systems ◀

13

What this shows Focal holds 13 patents at rank #21,148, 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 #21,148 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding)

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)

40 Top 37% higher than 63% 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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Focal Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	7.7%
2020	1	7.7%
2021	3	23.1%
2022	1	7.7%
2023	5	38.5%
2025partial year	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Focal Systems, Inc. patent most?

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 11

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 3

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 3

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

G01G - Weighing 1

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Focal Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Focal Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), 84.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06V
Ranked #21,141 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Focal Systems, Inc. against Fiskars UK Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.7/100 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

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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