Where does Forward Thinking Systems, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Forward Thinking Systems, LLC ranks #46,848 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 Forward Thinking Systems, LLC hold?

Forward Thinking Systems, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Forward Thinking Systems, LLC's Innovation Score?

Forward Thinking Systems, LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.2 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Forward Thinking Systems, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Forward Thinking Systems, LLC'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 Forward Thinking Systems, LLC's patents?

Forward Thinking Systems, LLC's patents average 19.6 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 Forward Thinking Systems, 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

Forward Thinking Systems, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Forward Thinking Systems, LLC focus on?

Forward Thinking Systems, LLC's top technology area is G07C (Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere) with 4 patents, ranking #458 of 1,508 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: G07C (Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FO).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Forward ranks #46,848 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 9 technology areas.

#46,848
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.2/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46848 · US Corporation #46,848 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,848/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fortis Manufacturing
CPC-NARROW G07C · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fortis Manufacturing, 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 Forward’s 35.2 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 (18%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 10.6 pts (30%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Forward Thinking… · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Forward's Innovation Score is 35.2/100 (top 50% 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 Forward?

Each dot is one of Forward’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). Forward’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Forward's grants concentrate

Forward Thinking Systems, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under G07C (Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FO). By volume, Forward sits between Fortis Manufacturing, Inc. and Foxwordy Inc..

Forward's three-year grant acceleration

Forward Thinking Systems, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Fortis Manufactur…

5
Fortum Oyj

5
Fortune Industrie…

5
Forward Entertain…

5
Foshan Shunde Yid…

5
Foshan Zhengbu Te…

5
Foster Wheeler USA

5
Foxwordy

5
Forward Thinking… ◀

5

What this shows Forward holds 5 patents at rank #46,915, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Forward

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,915 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07C (Time OR Attendance Registers)

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

Forward's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Forward Thinking Systems, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Forward Thinking Systems, LLC patent most?

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 4

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

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

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Forward Thinking Systems, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Forward Thinking Systems, LLC's lead technology class is G07C (Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FO), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07C
Ranked #46,848 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Forward Thinking Systems, LLC against Fortis Manufacturing, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.2/100 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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