Where does Forel S.P.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Forel S.P.A. ranks #26,327 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 Forel S.P.A. hold?

Forel S.P.A. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Forel S.P.A.'s Innovation Score?

Forel S.P.A. has an Innovation Score of 47.6 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Forel S.P.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Forel S.P.A..

What does claim depth mean for Forel S.P.A.'s patents?

Forel S.P.A.'s patents average 9.4 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 Forel S.P.A. 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

Forel S.P.A.

Q: What technology areas does Forel S.P.A. focus on?

Forel S.P.A.'s top technology area is E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates) with 8 patents, ranking #113 of 637 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Forel ranks #26,327 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 15 technology areas.

#26,327
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.6/100): 9.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26327 · Foreign Corporation #26,327 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,327/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fluid-o-tech S R L
CPC-FOCUS E06B · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fluid-o-tech S.R.L. (±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 Forel’s 47.6 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 8.3 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 13.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 5.6 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Forel S P A · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Forel's Innovation Score is 47.6/100 (top 18% 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 Forel?

Each dot is one of Forel’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). Forel’s own 9.4 claims/patent is at or below the 11.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Forel's grants concentrate

Forel S.P.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Forel sits between Fluid-o-tech S.R.L. and Franklin Products, Inc..

Forel's three-year grant acceleration

Forel S.P.A. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Fluid-o-tech S R L

10
FMC Separation Sy…

10
FMH Conveyors

10
Fontaine Holdings

10
Foshan Carro Elec…

10
Foshan Samyoo

10
Founder Apabi Tec…

10
Franklin Products

10
Forel S P A ◀

10

What this shows Forel holds 10 patents at rank #26,299, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Forel

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,299 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings)

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

Forel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Forel S.P.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2023	3	30.0%
2024	2	20.0%
2025partial year	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Forel S.P.A. patent most?

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 8

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

B23C - Milling 1

B23B - TURNING; Boring 1

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

B28D - Working Stone OR Stone-like Materials 1

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Forel S.P.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Forel S.P.A.'s lead technology class is E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E06B
Ranked #26,327 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Forel S.P.A. against Fluid-o-tech S.R.L., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.6/100 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.