Where does Forta, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Forta, LLC ranks #16,808 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 Forta, LLC hold?

Forta, LLC holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Forta, LLC's Innovation Score?

Forta, LLC has an Innovation Score of 30.6 out of 100 (35th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Forta, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Forta, LLC's recent grant velocity is -22% 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 Forta, LLC's patents?

Forta, LLC's patents average 9.0 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 Forta, 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

Forta, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Forta, LLC focus on?

Forta, LLC's top technology area is C04B (Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone) with 14 patents, ranking #98 of 1,052 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: C04B (Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Forta ranks #16,808 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 13 technology areas.

#16,808
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.6/100): 9.0
avg claims per patent: -22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16808 · US Corporation #16,808 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,808/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Faxitron Bioptics
CPC-FOCUS C04B · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Faxitron Bioptics, 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.

How Forta’s 30.6 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 10.0 pts (33%) Velocity 2.5 pts (8%) Breadth 12.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 5.4 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Forta · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Forta's Innovation Score is 30.6/100 (35th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Forta?

Each dot is one of Forta’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). Forta’s own 9.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Forta's grants concentrate

Forta, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 82.4% of grants classified under C04B (Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Forta sits between Flambeau, Inc. and Faxitron Bioptics, LLC.

Forta's three-year grant acceleration

Forta, LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Flambeau

17
Flir Commercial S…

17
Flir Systems Trad…

17
Food Equipment

17
FOX Broadcasting

17
Fuse

17
FXS Ventures

17
Faxitron Bioptics

17
Forta ◀

17

What this shows Forta holds 17 patents at rank #16,802, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Forta

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,802 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C04B (Lime)

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

Forta's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Forta, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	5.9%
2018	4	23.5%
2019	4	23.5%
2020	1	5.9%
2021	3	17.6%
2022	1	5.9%
2023	2	11.8%
2025partial year	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Forta, LLC patent most?

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 14

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 5

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 5

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 4

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

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 2

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 2

B27N - Manufacture BY DRY Processes OF Articles, With OR Without Organic Binding Agents, Made From Particles OR Fibres Consisting OF Wood OR Other Lignocellulosic OR Like Organic Material 2

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 2

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 2

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

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 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Forta, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Forta, LLC's lead technology class is C04B (Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone), 82.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C04B
Ranked #16,808 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Forta, LLC against Flambeau, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.6/100 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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