Where does Foursquare Labs, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Foursquare Labs, Inc. ranks #14,624 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 Foursquare Labs, Inc. hold?

Foursquare Labs, Inc. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Foursquare Labs, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Foursquare Labs, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.0 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Foursquare Labs, Inc. focus on?

Foursquare Labs, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 16 patents, ranking #2,520 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Foursquare Labs, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Foursquare Labs, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Foursquare Labs, Inc.'s patents?

Foursquare Labs, Inc.'s patents average 20.3 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 Foursquare Labs, 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

Foursquare Labs, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 8 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Foursquare ranks #14,624 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 8 technology areas.

#14,624
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.0/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14624 · US Corporation #14,624 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,624/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Feniex Industries
CPC-NARROW G06F · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Feniex Industries (±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 Foursquare’s 51.0 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 10.5 pts (21%) Velocity 18.3 pts (36%) Breadth 10.0 pts (20%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Foursquare Labs · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Foursquare's Innovation Score is 51.0/100 (top 12% 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 Foursquare?

Each dot is one of Foursquare’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). Foursquare’s own 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Foursquare's grants concentrate

Foursquare Labs, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Foursquare sits between First RF Corporation and FerRobotics Compliant Robot Technology GmbH.

Foursquare's three-year grant acceleration

Foursquare Labs, Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

First RF

20
Fleece Performanc…

20
Focal Jmlab

20
Fort Hills Energy

20
Fuji Kogyo

20
FXD

20
Feniex Industries

20
Ferrobotics Compl…

20
Foursquare Labs ◀

20

What this shows Foursquare holds 20 patents at rank #14,615, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Foursquare

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,615 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Foursquare's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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Foursquare Labs, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.0%
2016	1	5.0%
2018	1	5.0%
2019	1	5.0%
2020	2	10.0%
2021	1	5.0%
2022	3	15.0%
2023	5	25.0%
2024	3	15.0%
2025partial year	2	10.0%

Which technologies does Foursquare Labs, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 16

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 16

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 15

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 11

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 10

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 3

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

Top 8 of 8 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

Foursquare Labs, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Foursquare Labs, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #14,624 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Foursquare Labs, Inc. against First RF Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.0/100 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

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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