Where does Formax, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Formax, Inc. ranks #16,025 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 Formax, Inc. hold?

Formax, Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Formax, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Formax, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.1 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Formax, Inc. focus on?

Formax, Inc.'s top technology area is A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish) with 12 patents. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Formax, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Formax, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Formax, Inc.'s patents?

Formax, Inc.'s patents average 17.3 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 Formax, Inc. 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

Formax, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Formax ranks #16,025 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 22 technology areas.

#16,025
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.1/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16025 · US Corporation #16,025 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,025/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Flex-N-Gate France
CPC-FOCUS A22C · 22 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Flex-N-Gate France (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Formax · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Formax's Innovation Score is 37.1/100 (top 44% 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.

Where Formax's grants concentrate

Formax, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Formax sits between Flex-N-Gate France and FuKui Precision Component (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd..

Flex-n-gate France

18
Foamtec Internati…

18
Folli-follie Comm…

18
Forge Tech

18
Foseco Internatio…

18
Fractilia

18
Freelinc

18
Fukui Precision C…

18
Formax ◀

18

What this shows Formax holds 18 patents at rank #16,030, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Formax

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,030 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A22C (Processing Meat)

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

Formax's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Formax, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	44.4%
2016	4	22.2%
2017	1	5.6%
2018	5	27.8%

Which technologies does Formax, Inc. patent most?

A22C - Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish 12

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 7

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 4

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 4

B30B - Presses IN General 3

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 3

G01G - Weighing 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

Top 15 of 22 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#16,025

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

37.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Formax, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Formax, Inc.'s lead technology class is A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A22C
Ranked #16,025 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Formax, Inc. against Flex-N-Gate France, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.1/100 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.