Where does Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd. ranks #5,280 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 Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd. hold?

Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd. holds 65 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 42.7 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd. focus on?

Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables) with 39 patents, ranking #32 of 1,019 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -30% 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 Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd.'s patents average 10.2 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 Foxlink Image Technology Co., 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 Foreign Corporation

Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 65 granted patents across 19 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: B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Foxlink ranks #5,280 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 65 patents across 19 technology areas.

#5,280
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.7/100): 10.2
avg claims per patent: -30%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5280 · Foreign Corporation #5,280 · 65 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 65 grants
UPPER-Q #5,280/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Energy Recovery
CPC-FOCUS B65H · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -30% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Energy Recovery, 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 Foxlink’s 42.7 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 14.5 pts (34%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 15.4 pts (36%) Claim depth 6.1 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Altek Semiconductor · near

43
Foxlink Image… · this assignee

43
Fujitsu Technology… · near

43
Liqid · near

43
ZTE (USA) · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Foxlink's Innovation Score is 42.7/100 (top 30% 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 Foxlink?

Each dot is one of Foxlink’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). Foxlink’s own 10.2 claims/patent is at or below the 12.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Foxlink's grants concentrate

Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Foxlink sits between Energy Recovery, Inc. and Glaukos Corporation.

Foxlink's three-year grant acceleration

Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd. shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Energy Recovery

65
Envision Aesc Jap…

65
Evapco

65
Fuji Seal Interna…

65
Galvani Bioelectr…

65
Graco Children's…

65
Gachon University…

65
Glaukos

65
Foxlink Image Tec… ◀

65

What this shows Foxlink holds 65 patents at rank #5,281, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Foxlink

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,281 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Foxlink, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material), Foxlink ranks #32 of 1,019 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Fujitsu Technology Solutions Intellectual Property GmbH 43 Liqid Inc. 43 ZTE (USA) Inc. 43 Altek Semiconductor Corporation 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.2 here).

SK Chemicals Co., Ltd. 10.2 avg Amogreentech Co., Ltd. 10.2 avg Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 10.2 avg Dowa Metaltech Co., Ltd. 10.2 avg

Foxlink's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% 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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Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	18.5%
2016	5	7.7%
2017	5	7.7%
2018	5	7.7%
2019	10	15.4%
2020	6	9.2%
2021	2	3.1%
2022	4	6.2%
2023	8	12.3%
2024	6	9.2%
2025partial year	2	3.1%

Which technologies does Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd. patent most?

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 39

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 20

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 7

F16H - Gearing 3

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 2

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

B41L - Apparatus OR Devices FOR Manifolding, Duplicating OR Printing FOR Office OR Other Commercial PURPOSES; Addressing Machines OR Like Series-printing Machines 1

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65H
Ranked #5,280 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd. against Energy Recovery, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.7/100 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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