Where does Foreflight LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Foreflight LLC ranks #28,778 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 Foreflight LLC hold?

Foreflight LLC holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Foreflight LLC's Innovation Score?

Foreflight LLC has an Innovation Score of 33.9 out of 100 (46th 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 Foreflight LLC focus on?

Foreflight LLC's top technology area is G08G (Traffic Control Systems) with 5 patents, ranking #389 of 1,183 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Foreflight LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Foreflight LLC's recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Foreflight LLC's patents?

Foreflight LLC's patents average 19.1 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 Foreflight LLC 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

Foreflight LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: G08G (Traffic Control Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Foreflight ranks #28,778 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 12 technology areas.

#28,778
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.9/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28778 · US Corporation #28,778 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,778/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH FogHorn Systems
CPC-FOCUS G08G · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: FogHorn Systems, Inc. (±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 Foreflight’s 33.9 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 8.0 pts (24%) Velocity 2.2 pts (6%) Breadth 12.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Foreflight · this assignee

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What this shows Foreflight's Innovation Score is 33.9/100 (46th 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 Foreflight?

Each dot is one of Foreflight’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). Foreflight’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Foreflight's grants concentrate

Foreflight LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under G08G (Traffic Control Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Foreflight sits between FogHorn Systems, Inc. and Fortune Electric Co., Ltd..

Foreflight's three-year grant acceleration

Foreflight LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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 Foreflight holds 9 patents at rank #28,785, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Foreflight

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,785 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G08G (Traffic Control Systems)

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

Foreflight's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Foreflight LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	11.1%
2020	1	11.1%
2021	4	44.4%
2022	2	22.2%
2025partial year	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Foreflight LLC patent most?

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Foreflight LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Foreflight LLC's lead technology class is G08G (Traffic Control Systems), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G08G
Ranked #28,778 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Foreflight LLC against FogHorn Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.9/100 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.