Where does Follett Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Follett Corporation ranks #24,352 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 Follett Corporation hold?

Follett Corporation holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Follett Corporation's Innovation Score?

Follett Corporation has an Innovation Score of 24.6 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 Follett Corporation focus on?

Follett Corporation's top technology area is F25C (Producing, Working OR Handling ICE) with 4 patents, ranking #32 of 83 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Follett Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Follett Corporation's recent grant velocity is -90% 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 Follett Corporation's patents?

Follett Corporation's patents average 10.1 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 Follett Corporation 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

Follett Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: F25C (Producing, Working OR Handling ICE).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Follett ranks #24,352 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 8 technology areas.

#24,352
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.6/100): 10.1
avg claims per patent: -90%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24352 · US Corporation #24,352 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,352/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Florence
CPC-NARROW F25C · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -90% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Florence Corporation (±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 Follett’s 24.6 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 8.6 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 6.1 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Follett · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Follett's Innovation Score is 24.6/100 (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 Follett?

Each dot is one of Follett’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). Follett’s own 10.1 claims/patent is at or below the 12.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Follett's grants concentrate

Follett Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 36.4% of grants classified under F25C (Producing, Working OR Handling ICE). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Follett sits between Florence Corporation and Foresee Scientech Ltd..

Florence

11
Flow Neuroscience

11
Fluehs Drehtechnik

11
Fluke Precision M…

11
Fonality

11
Fontaine Commerci…

11
Ford-werke

11
Foresee Scientech

11
Follett ◀

11

What this shows Follett holds 11 patents at rank #24,358, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Follett

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,358 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F25C (Producing)

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

Follett'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 · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Follett Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	18.2%
2016	2	18.2%
2017	1	9.1%
2018	2	18.2%
2019	3	27.3%
2021	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Follett Corporation patent most?

F25C - Producing, Working OR Handling ICE 4

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

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 1

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 1

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 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

Follett Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Follett Corporation's lead technology class is F25C (Producing, Working OR Handling ICE), 36.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F25C
Ranked #24,352 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Follett Corporation against Florence Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.6/100 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.