Where does Formulus Black Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Formulus Black Corporation ranks #28,783 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 Formulus Black Corporation hold?

Formulus Black Corporation holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2020, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Formulus Black Corporation's Innovation Score?

Formulus Black Corporation has an Innovation Score of 28.0 out of 100 (26th 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 Formulus Black Corporation focus on?

Formulus Black Corporation's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 8 patents. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Formulus Black Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Formulus Black Corporation's recent grant velocity is -20% 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 Formulus Black Corporation's patents?

Formulus Black Corporation's patents average 23.2 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 Formulus Black Corporation 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

Formulus Black Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2020. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Formulus ranks #28,783 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 3 technology areas.

#28,783
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.0/100): 23.2
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28783 · US Corporation #28,783 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,783/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Foreflight
CPC-NARROW G06F · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Foreflight LLC (±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
Formulus Black · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Formulus's Innovation Score is 28.0/100 (26th 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.

Where Formulus's grants concentrate

Formulus Black Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Formulus sits between ForSight Vision5, Inc. and Forward Science Technologies, LLC.

Forsight Vision5

9
Foreflight

9
Form 700 Pty

9
Formovie (Chongqi…

9
Fortune Electric

9
Fortus Medical

9
Forward Biotech

9
Forward Science

9
Formulus Black ◀

9

What this shows Formulus holds 9 patents at rank #28,788, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Formulus

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,788 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Formulus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2020

Grants by year

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

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Formulus Black Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	4	44.4%
2019	1	11.1%
2020	4	44.4%

Which technologies does Formulus Black Corporation patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

G11C - Static Stores 2

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#28,783

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.0 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

Formulus Black Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Formulus Black Corporation's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #28,783 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Formulus Black Corporation against ForSight Vision5, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.0/100 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.