Where does Foster Findlay Associates Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Foster Findlay Associates Limited ranks #26,333 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 Foster Findlay Associates Limited hold?

Foster Findlay Associates Limited holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Foster Findlay Associates Limited's Innovation Score?

Foster Findlay Associates Limited has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Foster Findlay Associates Limited focus on?

Foster Findlay Associates Limited's top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 9 patents, ranking #106 of 835 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Foster Findlay Associates Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Foster Findlay Associates Limited's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Foster Findlay Associates Limited's patents?

Foster Findlay Associates Limited's patents average 19.5 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 Foster Findlay Associates 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

Foster Findlay Associates Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Foster ranks #26,333 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 3 technology areas.

#26,333
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26333 · Foreign Corporation #26,333 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,333/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Forcepoint Federal…
CPC-NARROW G01V · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Forcepoint Federal Holdings 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 Foster’s 28.8 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 8.3 pts (29%) Velocity 2.7 pts (9%) Breadth 6.1 pts (21%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Foster's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (28th 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 Foster?

Each dot is one of Foster’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). Foster’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Foster's grants concentrate

Foster Findlay Associates Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Foster sits between Forcepoint Federal Holdings LLC and Freedman Seating Company.

Foster's three-year grant acceleration

Foster Findlay Associates Limited shows 2 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.

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10

What this shows Foster holds 10 patents at rank #26,340, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Foster

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,340 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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

Foster's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Foster Findlay Associates Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	20.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	3	30.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Foster Findlay Associates Limited patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 9

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

F02G - HOT GAS OR Combustion-product Positive-displacement Engine Plants ; USE OF Waste Heat OF Combustion ENGINES; NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Foster Findlay Associates Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Foster Findlay Associates Limited's lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #26,333 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Foster Findlay Associates Limited against Forcepoint Federal Holdings LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.