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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Formetco, Inc. ranks #19,783 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 Formetco, Inc. hold?

Formetco, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Formetco, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Formetco, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.3 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Formetco, Inc. focus on?

Formetco, Inc.'s top technology area is G09F (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals) with 10 patents, ranking #73 of 860 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

Formetco, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +1000% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Formetco, Inc.'s patents average 22.3 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 Formetco, 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

Formetco, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: G09F (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Formetco ranks #19,783 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 9 technology areas.

#19,783
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.3/100): 22.3
avg claims per patent: +1000%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19783 · US Corporation #19,783 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,783/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Florica Farms
CPC-NARROW G09F · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1000% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Florica Farms, 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 Formetco’s 41.3 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 9.4 pts (23%) Velocity 8.0 pts (19%) Breadth 10.6 pts (26%) Claim depth 13.4 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Formetco · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Formetco's Innovation Score is 41.3/100 (top 33% 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 Formetco?

Each dot is one of Formetco’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). Formetco’s own 22.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Formetco's grants concentrate

Formetco, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under G09F (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Formetco sits between Florica Farms, Inc. and Fox Digital Enterprises, Inc..

Formetco's three-year grant acceleration

Formetco, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Florica Farms

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Flugen

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Forsight Vision6

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Forage B V

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Forney Industries

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Foshan Ideal

14
Founder Informati…

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Fox Digital Enter…

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Formetco ◀

14

What this shows Formetco holds 14 patents at rank #19,788, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Formetco

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,788 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G09F (Displaying)

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

Formetco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Formetco, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	7.1%
2020	3	21.4%
2021	2	14.3%
2022	2	14.3%
2023	2	14.3%
2024	2	14.3%
2025partial year	2	14.3%

Which technologies does Formetco, Inc. patent most?

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 10

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 4

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 4

E06C - Ladders 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Formetco, Inc.'s lead technology class is G09F (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G09F
Ranked #19,783 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Formetco, Inc. against Florica Farms, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.3/100 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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