Where does Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC ranks #26,330 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 Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC hold?

Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC's Innovation Score?

Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC has an Innovation Score of 39.8 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC's recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC's patents?

Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC'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 Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC 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

Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC focus on?

Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC's top technology area is A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles) with 5 patents, ranking #628 of 2,589 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 15 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: A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fort ranks #26,330 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 15 technology areas.

#26,330
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.8/100): 22.3
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26330 · US Corporation #26,330 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,330/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Force10 Networks
CPC-FOCUS A61L · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Force10 Networks, 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 Fort’s 39.8 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 8.3 pts (21%) Velocity 4.4 pts (11%) Breadth 13.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 13.4 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fort Wayne Metals… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Fort's Innovation Score is 39.8/100 (top 37% 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 Fort?

Each dot is one of Fort’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). Fort’s own 22.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fort's grants concentrate

Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES;). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Fort sits between Force10 Networks, Inc. and Fox Chase Cancer Center.

Fort's three-year grant acceleration

Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Force10 Networks

10
Forcepoint Federa…

10
Forest Concepts

10
Forevertek Biotec…

10
Foster Findlay As…

10
Fourds

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Fourté Internatio…

10
Fox Chase Cancer…

10
Fort Wayne Metals… ◀

10

What this shows Fort holds 10 patents at rank #26,339, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fort

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,339 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects…)

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

Fort's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% 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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Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2025partial year	3	30.0%

Which technologies does Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC patent most?

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 5

C22C - Alloys 5

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 4

C22F - Changing THE Physical Structure OF Non-ferrous Metals AND Non-ferrous Alloys 3

D04C - Braiding OR Manufacture OF Lace, Including Bobbin-net OR Carbonised LACE; Braiding MACHINES; BRAID; Lace 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 2

D07B - Ropes OR Cables IN General 2

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 1

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 1

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 1

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 1

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 1

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC's lead technology class is A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES;), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61L
Ranked #26,330 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC against Force10 Networks, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.8/100 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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