Where does Fortis Manufacturing, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fortis Manufacturing, Inc. ranks #46,842 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 Fortis Manufacturing, Inc. hold?

Fortis Manufacturing, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Fortis Manufacturing, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Fortis Manufacturing, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 17.8 out of 100 (5th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fortis Manufacturing, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fortis Manufacturing, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Fortis Manufacturing, Inc.'s patents?

Fortis Manufacturing, Inc.'s patents average 11.0 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 Fortis Manufacturing, 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

Fortis Manufacturing, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Fortis Manufacturing, Inc. focus on?

Fortis Manufacturing, Inc.'s top technology area is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance) with 3 patents, ranking #204 of 374 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fortis ranks #46,842 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 2 technology areas.

#46,842
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (17.8/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46842 · US Corporation #46,842 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,842/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Forge Laboratories
CPC-NARROW F41A · 2 areas
INNOV-LOW 17.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Forge Laboratories, 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 Fortis’s 17.8 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 6.2 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (28%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fortis Manufacturing · this assignee

18
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fortis's Innovation Score is 17.8/100 (5th 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 Fortis?

Each dot is one of Fortis’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). Fortis’s own 11.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Fortis's grants concentrate

Fortis Manufacturing, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Fortis sits between Forge Laboratories, LLC and Forward Thinking Systems, LLC.

Forge Laboratories

5
Forkbeard AS

5
Formae

5
Fortifyiq

5
Fortum Oyj

5
Fortune Industrie…

5
Forward Entertain…

5
Forward Thinking…

5
Fortis Manufactur… ◀

5

What this shows Fortis holds 5 patents at rank #46,911, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fortis

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,911 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)

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

Fortis's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

18 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Fortis Manufacturing, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2018	3	60.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Fortis Manufacturing, Inc. patent most?

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 3

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 2

Top 2 of 2 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

Fortis Manufacturing, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fortis Manufacturing, Inc.'s lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
Ranked #46,842 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fortis Manufacturing, Inc. against Forge Laboratories, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 17.8/100 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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