Where does Fords Packaging Systems Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fords Packaging Systems Limited ranks #40,265 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 Fords Packaging Systems Limited hold?

Fords Packaging Systems Limited holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2022, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Fords Packaging Systems Limited's Innovation Score?

Fords Packaging Systems Limited has an Innovation Score of 33.2 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fords Packaging Systems Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Fords Packaging Systems Limited.

What does claim depth mean for Fords Packaging Systems Limited's patents?

Fords Packaging Systems Limited's patents average 2.5 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 Fords Packaging Systems Limited 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

Fords Packaging Systems Limited

Q: What technology areas does Fords Packaging Systems Limited focus on?

Fords Packaging Systems Limited's top technology area is B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal) with 1 patents, ranking #462 of 818 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2022. 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: B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fords ranks #40,265 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 2 technology areas.

#40,265
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.2/100): 2.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40265 · Foreign Corporation #40,265 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,265/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Focus Products…
CPC-NARROW B21D · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2022 · 1y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Focus Products Group International, LLC (±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 Fords’s 33.2 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 6.7 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (60%) Breadth 5.0 pts (15%) Claim depth 1.5 pts (5%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Fords's Innovation Score is 33.2/100 (44th 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 Fords?

Each dot is one of Fords’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). Fords’s own 2.5 claims/patent is at or below the 14.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Fords's grants concentrate

Fords Packaging Systems Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 16.7% of grants classified under B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal). By volume, Fords sits between Focus Products Group International, LLC and Formulatrix, Inc..

Fords's three-year grant acceleration

Fords Packaging Systems Limited shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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What this shows Fords holds 6 patents at rank #40,203, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fords

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,203 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes)

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

Fords's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Fords Packaging Systems Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	6	100.0%

Which technologies does Fords Packaging Systems Limited patent most?

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

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 1

Top 2 of 2 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

Fords Packaging Systems Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fords Packaging Systems Limited's lead technology class is B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal), 16.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B21D
Ranked #40,265 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fords Packaging Systems Limited against Focus Products Group International, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.2/100 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.

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.