Where does Foster-Miller, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Foster-Miller, Inc. ranks #8,030 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-Miller, Inc. hold?

Foster-Miller, Inc. holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 40 technology areas.

What is Foster-Miller, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Foster-Miller, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.0 out of 100 (top 14% 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-Miller, Inc. focus on?

Foster-Miller, Inc.'s top technology area is F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General) with 12 patents, ranking #18 of 291 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

Is Foster-Miller, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Foster-Miller, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -62% 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-Miller, Inc.'s patents?

Foster-Miller, Inc.'s patents average 21.9 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-Miller, 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

Foster-Miller, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 40 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Foster-miller ranks #8,030 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 40 technology areas.

#8,030
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (50.0/100): 21.9
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8030 · US Corporation #8,030 · 40 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #8,030/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fabio Perini S p A
CPC-WIDE F41H · 40 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fabio Perini S.p.A. (±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-miller’s 50.0 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 12.8 pts (26%) Velocity 1.7 pts (3%) Breadth 22.4 pts (45%) Claim depth 13.1 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE · near

50
Foster-Miller · this assignee

50
Imperial College OF… · near

50
Steelseries ApS · near

50
Suzhou China Star… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Foster-miller's Innovation Score is 50.0/100 (top 14% 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-miller?

Each dot is one of Foster-miller’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-miller’s own 21.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Foster-miller's grants concentrate

Foster-Miller, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 30% of grants classified under F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Foster-miller sits between Fabio Perini S.p.A. and Guandong Ocean University.

Foster-miller's three-year grant acceleration

Foster-Miller, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Fabio Perini S p A

40
Federal Mogul

40
Feradyne Outdoors

40
Fibrogen

40
G T LINE—S R L

40
GCP Applied

40
Ghost Autonomy

40
Guandong Ocean Un…

40
Foster-miller ◀

40

What this shows Foster-Miller holds 40 patents at rank #8,032, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Foster-Miller

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,032 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41H (Armour)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Foster-Miller, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F41H (Armour), Foster-Miller ranks #18 of 291 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine 50 Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE 50 Suzhou China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 50 Steelseries ApS 50

Foster-miller's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Foster-Miller, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	40.0%
2016	7	17.5%
2017	1	2.5%
2018	1	2.5%
2019	4	10.0%
2020	4	10.0%
2021	4	10.0%
2022	3	7.5%

Which technologies does Foster-Miller, Inc. patent most?

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 12

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 7

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 6

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

B60F - Vehicles FOR USE Both ON Rail AND ON ROAD; Amphibious OR Like VEHICLES; Convertible Vehicles 2

G01W - Meteorology 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

H04B - Transmission 2

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

Top 15 of 40 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-Miller, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Foster-Miller, Inc.'s lead technology class is F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General), 30% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41H
Ranked #8,030 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Foster-Miller, Inc. against Fabio Perini S.p.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.0/100 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

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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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