Where does Formlabs Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Formlabs Inc. ranks #3,430 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 Formlabs Inc. hold?

Formlabs Inc. holds 108 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is Formlabs Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Formlabs Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.7 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Formlabs Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +221% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Formlabs Inc.'s patents average 12.8 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 Formlabs 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

Formlabs Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Formlabs Inc. focus on?

Formlabs Inc.'s top technology area is B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering) with 85 patents, ranking #25 of 1,250 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 108 granted patents across 33 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Formlabs ranks #3,430 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 108 patents across 33 technology areas.

#3,430
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (50.7/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: +221%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3430 · US Corporation #3,430 · 108 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 108 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,430/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ecosense Lighting
CPC-FOCUS B33Y · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +221% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ecosense Lighting 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 Formlabs’s 50.7 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 16.2 pts (32%) Velocity 6.5 pts (13%) Breadth 20.3 pts (40%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Agora Lab · near

51
Formlabs · this assignee

51
NanoDX · near

51
Transform Materials · near

51
Avast Software s r o · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Formlabs's Innovation Score is 50.7/100 (top 12% 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 Formlabs?

Each dot is one of Formlabs’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). Formlabs’s own 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Formlabs's grants concentrate

Formlabs Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 78.7% of grants classified under B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (18 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Formlabs sits between Ecosense Lighting Inc. and STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. Ltd..

Formlabs's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Formlabs Inc. moved from 43 to 42 grants (0.98x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,245. See the growth leaderboard.

Ecosense Lighting

108
Edwards Lifescien…

108
Essential Products

108
Framatome

108
GE OIL & GAS UK

108
Makerbot Industri…

108
Sram Deutschland

108
Stmicroelectronic…

108
Formlabs ◀

108

What this shows Formlabs holds 108 patents at rank #3,431, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Formlabs

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,431 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B33Y (Additive Manufacturing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Formlabs, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B33Y (Additive Manufacturing), Formlabs ranks #25 of 1,250 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Agora Lab, Inc. 51 NanoDX, Inc. 51 Transform Materials LLC 51 Avast Software s.r.o. 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.8 here).

Universite DE Nantes 12.8 avg Stabilus GmbH 12.8 avg National Institute FOR Materials Science 12.8 avg Orange 12.8 avg

Formlabs's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Formlabs Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	2.8%
2017	5	4.6%
2018	8	7.4%
2019	8	7.4%
2020	17	15.7%
2021	18	16.7%
2022	11	10.2%
2023	14	13.0%
2024	17	15.7%
2025partial year	7	6.5%

Which technologies does Formlabs Inc. patent most?

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 85

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 84

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 17

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 16

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 14

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 10

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 7

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 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 6

B28B - Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 6

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 5

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 5

G04F - Time-interval Measuring 5

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 4

Top 15 of 33 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

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

Formlabs Inc.'s lead technology class is B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ), 78.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B33Y
Ranked #3,430 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Formlabs Inc. against Ecosense Lighting Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.7/100 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.

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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

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