Where does Fontem Holdings 4 B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fontem Holdings 4 B.V. ranks #9,035 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 4 B.V. hold?

Fontem Holdings 4 B.V. holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Fontem Holdings 4 B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Fontem Holdings 4 B.V. has an Innovation Score of 33.5 out of 100 (45th 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 Fontem Holdings 4 B.V. focus on?

Fontem Holdings 4 B.V.'s top technology area is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices) with 30 patents, ranking #27 of 214 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fontem Holdings 4 B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fontem Holdings 4 B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +33% 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 4 B.V.'s patents?

Fontem Holdings 4 B.V.'s patents average 14.6 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 4 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 4 B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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 #9,035 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 11 technology areas.

#9,035
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.5/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9035 · Foreign Corporation #9,035 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,035/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Envoy Medical
CPC-FOCUS A24F · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Envoy Medical 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 Fontem’s 33.5 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 12.4 pts (37%) Velocity 0.7 pts (2%) Breadth 11.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CircuLite · near

34
Fontem Holdings 4 B V · this assignee

34
Gift Card Impressions · near

34
GrowPath · near

34
Tyco AMP · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fontem's Innovation Score is 33.5/100 (45th 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 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 14.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Fontem's grants concentrate

Fontem Holdings 4 B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Fontem sits between Envoy Medical Corporation and Fujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Corporation.

Fontem's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Fontem Holdings 4 B.V. moved from 20 to 2 grants (0.10x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Envoy Medical

35
Esko-graphics Ima…

35
Expectations

35
Expel

35
Form Energy

35
Foshan Nationstar…

35
FPT Industrial S…

35
Fujifilm Wako Pur…

35
Fontem Holdings 4… ◀

35

What this shows Fontem holds 35 patents at rank #9,032, 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 #9,032 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 #27 of 214 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

GrowPath, LLC 34 Gift Card Impressions, LLC 34 Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH 34 CircuLite, Inc. 34

Fontem's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Fontem Holdings 4 B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.9%
2016	4	11.4%
2018	8	22.9%
2019	2	5.7%
2020	6	17.1%
2021	12	34.3%
2022	2	5.7%

Which technologies does Fontem Holdings 4 B.V. patent most?

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 30

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 17

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 10

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 4

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 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 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

A24B - Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

Top 11 of 11 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 4 B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fontem Holdings 4 B.V.'s lead technology class is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24F
Ranked #9,035 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fontem Holdings 4 B.V. against Envoy Medical Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.5/100 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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