Where does Foro Energy, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Foro Energy, Inc. ranks #7,141 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 Foro Energy, Inc. hold?

Foro Energy, Inc. holds 46 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Foro Energy, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Foro Energy, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.0 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Foro Energy, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -79% 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 Foro Energy, Inc.'s patents?

Foro Energy, Inc.'s patents average 36.1 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 Foro Energy, 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

Foro Energy, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Foro Energy, Inc. focus on?

Foro Energy, Inc.'s top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 39 patents, ranking #84 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 46 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Foro ranks #7,141 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 46 patents across 18 technology areas.

#7,141
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (46.0/100): 36.1
avg claims per patent: -79%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7141 · US Corporation #7,141 · 46 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 46 grants
UPPER-Q #7,141/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Durr Systems
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 36.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -79% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Durr Systems, 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 Foro’s 46.0 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 13.3 pts (29%) Velocity 2.7 pts (6%) Breadth 15.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AutoConnect Holdings · near

46
Dart Container · near

46
Foro Energy · this assignee

46
Lund Motion Products · near

46
Pacira CryoTech · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Foro's Innovation Score is 46.0/100 (top 22% 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 Foro?

Each dot is one of Foro’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). Foro’s own 36.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Foro's grants concentrate

Foro Energy, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 84.8% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Foro sits between Durr Systems, Inc. and Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH.

Foro's three-year grant acceleration

Foro Energy, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Durr Systems

46
Eisenmann

46
Eureka Therapeuti…

46
Five Prime Therap…

46
Gamesa Innovation…

46
GE Jenbacher OG

46
Horteve Breeding…

46
Harro Hoefliger V…

46
Foro Energy ◀

46

What this shows Foro holds 46 patents at rank #7,141, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Foro

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,141 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Foro, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Foro ranks #84 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

AutoConnect Holdings LLC 46 Dart Container Corporation 46 Lund Motion Products, Inc. 46 Pacira CryoTech, Inc. 46

Foro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Foro Energy, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	17.4%
2016	12	26.1%
2017	7	15.2%
2018	5	10.9%
2019	6	13.0%
2020	2	4.3%
2021	2	4.3%
2023	3	6.5%
2024	1	2.2%

Which technologies does Foro Energy, Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 39

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 19

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 13

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 9

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 7

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 4

E02B - Hydraulic Engineering 4

E21D - SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; Large Underground Chambers 3

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 2

G21C - Nuclear Reactors 2

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 2

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 2

E21C - Mining OR Quarrying 2

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 2

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 2

Top 15 of 18 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

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

Foro Energy, Inc.'s lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 84.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #7,141 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Foro Energy, Inc. against Durr Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.0/100 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

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