Where does Fortum Oyj rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fortum Oyj ranks #46,844 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 Fortum Oyj hold?

Fortum Oyj holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Fortum Oyj's Innovation Score?

Fortum Oyj has an Innovation Score of 44.0 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Fortum Oyj focus on?

Fortum Oyj's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 3 patents, ranking #2,995 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fortum Oyj's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fortum Oyj's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Fortum Oyj's patents?

Fortum Oyj's patents average 15.2 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 Fortum Oyj 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 Foreign Corporation

Fortum Oyj

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fortum ranks #46,844 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 19 technology areas.

#46,844
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (44.0/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46844 · Foreign Corporation #46,844 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,844/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Forkbeard AS
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Forkbeard Technologies AS (±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 Fortum’s 44.0 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 6.2 pts (14%) Velocity 13.3 pts (30%) Breadth 15.4 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fortum Oyj · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fortum's Innovation Score is 44.0/100 (top 27% 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 Fortum?

Each dot is one of Fortum’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). Fortum’s own 15.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fortum's grants concentrate

Fortum Oyj is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). By volume, Fortum sits between Forkbeard Technologies AS and Foshan Shunde Yide Plastics Co., Ltd..

Fortum's three-year grant acceleration

Fortum Oyj shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Forkbeard AS

5
Formae

5
Fortifyiq

5
Fortis Manufactur…

5
Fortune Industrie…

5
Forward Entertain…

5
Forward Thinking…

5
Foshan Shunde Yid…

5
Fortum Oyj ◀

5

What this shows Fortum holds 5 patents at rank #46,912, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fortum

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,912 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Fortum's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

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

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Fortum Oyj patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Fortum Oyj patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G21D - Nuclear Power Plant 1

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 1

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H04Q - Selecting 1

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 1

F22B - Methods OF Steam GENERATION; Steam Boilers 1

F02C - Gas-turbine PLANTS; AIR Intakes FOR Jet-propulsion PLANTS; Controlling Fuel Supply IN Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Fortum Oyj's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fortum Oyj's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #46,844 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fortum Oyj against Forkbeard Technologies AS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.0/100 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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