Where does Foseco International Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Foseco International Limited ranks #16,026 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 Foseco International Limited hold?

Foseco International Limited holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Foseco International Limited's Innovation Score?

Foseco International Limited has an Innovation Score of 36.9 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Foseco International Limited focus on?

Foseco International Limited's top technology area is B22C (Foundry Moulding) with 12 patents, ranking #10 of 136 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Foseco International Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Foseco International Limited's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Foseco International Limited's patents?

Foseco International Limited's patents average 13.8 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 Foseco International Limited 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

Foseco International Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 11 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: B22C (Foundry Moulding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Foseco ranks #16,026 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 11 technology areas.

#16,026
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.9/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16026 · Foreign Corporation #16,026 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,026/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Foamtec International
CPC-FOCUS B22C · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Foamtec International Co., Ltd. (±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 Foseco’s 36.9 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 10.2 pts (28%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 11.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Foseco International · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Foseco's Innovation Score is 36.9/100 (top 45% 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 Foseco?

Each dot is one of Foseco’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). Foseco’s own 13.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Foseco's grants concentrate

Foseco International Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B22C (Foundry Moulding). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Foseco sits between Foamtec International Co., Ltd. and Fuel Tech, Inc..

Foseco's three-year grant acceleration

Foseco International Limited shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Foamtec Internati…

18
Folli-follie Comm…

18
Forge Tech

18
Formax

18
Fractilia

18
Freelinc

18
Fukui Precision C…

18
Fuel Tech

18
Foseco Internatio… ◀

18

What this shows Foseco holds 18 patents at rank #16,031, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Foseco

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,031 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B22C (Foundry Moulding)

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

Foseco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% 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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Foseco International Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	11.1%
2016	1	5.6%
2017	1	5.6%
2018	2	11.1%
2019	2	11.1%
2020	3	16.7%
2022	2	11.1%
2023	1	5.6%
2024	2	11.1%
2025partial year	2	11.1%

Which technologies does Foseco International Limited patent most?

B22C - Foundry Moulding 12

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 4

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 3

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

B01D - Separation 2

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

C21C - Processing OF Pig-iron, e.g. Refining, Manufacture OF Wrought-iron OR STEEL; Treatment IN Molten State OF Ferrous Alloys 1

B28B - Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 1

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 1

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 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Foseco International Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Foseco International Limited's lead technology class is B22C (Foundry Moulding), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B22C
Ranked #16,026 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Foseco International Limited against Foamtec International Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.9/100 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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