Where does Fogale Nanotech rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fogale Nanotech ranks #16,021 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 Fogale Nanotech hold?

Fogale Nanotech holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Fogale Nanotech's Innovation Score?

Fogale Nanotech has an Innovation Score of 41.5 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fogale Nanotech's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fogale Nanotech's recent grant velocity is +367% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Fogale Nanotech's patents?

Fogale Nanotech's patents average 16.8 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 Fogale Nanotech 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

Fogale Nanotech

Q: What technology areas does Fogale Nanotech focus on?

Fogale Nanotech's top technology area is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours) with 8 patents, ranking #191 of 2,030 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 17 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: G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fogale ranks #16,021 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 17 technology areas.

#16,021
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.5/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: +367%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16021 · Foreign Corporation #16,021 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,021/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH FBD Partnership
CPC-FOCUS G01B · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +367% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: FBD Partnership, L.P. (±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 Fogale’s 41.5 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 10.2 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 14.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fogale Nanotech · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fogale's Innovation Score is 41.5/100 (top 33% 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 Fogale?

Each dot is one of Fogale’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). Fogale’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fogale's grants concentrate

Fogale Nanotech is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Fogale sits between FBD Partnership, L.P. and Framery OY.

Fogale's three-year grant acceleration

Fogale Nanotech shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

FBD Partnership

18
FEI EFA

18
Figs

18
FNV IP B V

18
Forever Young Int…

18
Foshan Shunde Mid…

18
Foundations World…

18
Framery OY

18
Fogale Nanotech ◀

18

What this shows Fogale holds 18 patents at rank #16,013, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fogale

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,013 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01B (Measuring Length)

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

Fogale's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% 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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Fogale Nanotech patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.6%
2016	1	5.6%
2018	1	5.6%
2020	2	11.1%
2021	5	27.8%
2022	4	22.2%
2023	2	11.1%
2024	1	5.6%
2025partial year	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Fogale Nanotech patent most?

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 8

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 7

H03K - Pulse Technique 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 4

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Fogale Nanotech's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fogale Nanotech's lead technology class is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01B
Ranked #16,021 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fogale Nanotech against FBD Partnership, L.P., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.5/100 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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