Where does Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. ranks #3,036 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 Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. hold?

Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. holds 125 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. has an Innovation Score of 47.2 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. focus on?

Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.'s top technology area is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices) with 120 patents, ranking #12 of 214 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +40% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.'s patents?

Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.'s patents average 16.7 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 Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. 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

Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 125 granted patents across 32 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fontem ranks #3,036 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 125 patents across 32 technology areas.

#3,036
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.2/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3036 · Foreign Corporation #3,036 · 125 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 125 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,036/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bic-violex
CPC-FOCUS A24F · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bic-violex SA (±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 Fontem’s 47.2 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 16.7 pts (35%) Velocity 0.4 pts (1%) Breadth 20.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fontem Holdings 1 B V · this assignee

47
Bentley Motors · near

47
Dejero Labs · near

47
Foshan Nationstar… · near

47
Innovium · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fontem's Innovation Score is 47.2/100 (top 19% 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 Fontem?

Each dot is one of Fontem’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). Fontem’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fontem's grants concentrate

Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 96% of grants classified under A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (38 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Fontem sits between dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH and Kabo Tool Company.

Fontem's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. moved from 91 to 6 grants (0.07x 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 #3,216. See the growth leaderboard.

dspace digital si…

126
Bic-violex

125
Cabot

125
Fingerprint Cards…

125
Heraeus Quarzglas…

125
Hgci

125
Industry Foundati…

125
Kabo Tool

125
Fontem Holdings 1… ◀

125

What this shows Fontem holds 125 patents at rank #3,036, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fontem

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,036 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24F (Smokers' Requisites)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Fontem, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A24F (Smokers' Requisites), Fontem ranks #12 of 214 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Innovium, Inc. 47 Bentley Motors Limited 47 Dejero Labs Inc. 47 Foshan Nationstar Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.7 here).

Purac Biochem BV 16.7 avg Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. 16.7 avg Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. 16.7 avg Sealed Air Corporation (US) 16.7 avg

Fontem's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	9	7.2%
2017	6	4.8%
2018	13	10.4%
2019	24	19.2%
2020	29	23.2%
2021	38	30.4%
2022	5	4.0%
2023	1	0.8%

Which technologies does Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. patent most?

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 120

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 75

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 68

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 23

A24B - Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff 23

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 17

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 17

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 17

F22B - Methods OF Steam GENERATION; Steam Boilers 16

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 10

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 10

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 8

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 8

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 7

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 5

Top 15 of 32 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

Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.'s lead technology class is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices), 96% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24F
Ranked #3,036 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. against dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.2/100 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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