Where does Four Paws Products, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Four Paws Products, Ltd. ranks #21,147 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 Four Paws Products, Ltd. hold?

Four Paws Products, Ltd. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Four Paws Products, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Four Paws Products, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 32.5 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Four Paws Products, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Four Paws Products, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +75% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Four Paws Products, Ltd.'s patents?

Four Paws Products, Ltd.'s patents average 13.4 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 Four Paws Products, Ltd. 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

Four Paws Products, Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Four Paws Products, Ltd. focus on?

Four Paws Products, Ltd.'s top technology area is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals) with 7 patents, ranking #143 of 1,035 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Four ranks #21,147 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 6 technology areas.

#21,147
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.5/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: +75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21147 · US Corporation #21,147 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,147/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Flocon
CPC-NARROW A01K · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Flocon, 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 Four’s 32.5 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 9.1 pts (28%) Velocity 6.7 pts (21%) Breadth 8.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Four Paws Products · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Four's Innovation Score is 32.5/100 (41st 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 Four?

Each dot is one of Four’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). Four’s own 13.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Four's grants concentrate

Four Paws Products, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 53.8% of grants classified under A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Four sits between Flocon, Inc. and Fukoku Co., Ltd..

Four's three-year grant acceleration

Four Paws Products, Ltd. 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.

Flocon

13
Fluid Metering

13
Foboha (Germany)

13
Force MOS Technol…

13
Freudenberg Seali…

13
Fujian SPD E-comm…

13
Fujikura Composit…

13
Fukoku

13
Four Paws Products ◀

13

What this shows Four holds 13 patents at rank #21,129, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Four

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,129 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01K (Animal Husbandry)

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

Four's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

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

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Four Paws Products, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	7.7%
2019	3	23.1%
2020	2	15.4%
2022	2	15.4%
2023	1	7.7%
2024	2	15.4%
2025partial year	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Four Paws Products, Ltd. patent most?

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 7

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 4

A46B - Brushes 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Four Paws Products, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Four Paws Products, Ltd.'s lead technology class is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals), 53.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01K
Ranked #21,147 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Four Paws Products, Ltd. against Flocon, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.5/100 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.

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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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