Where does Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc. ranks #18,640 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 Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc. hold?

Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.2 out of 100 (26th 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 Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc. focus on?

Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc.'s top technology area is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking) with 2 patents, ranking #573 of 1,343 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -93% 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 Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc.'s patents?

Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc.'s patents average 5.5 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 Franco Manufacturing Co. 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

Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Franco ranks #18,640 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 6 technology areas.

#18,640
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.2/100): 5.5
avg claims per patent: -93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18640 · US Corporation #18,640 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,640/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fos4x
CPC-NARROW B65B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fos4x GMBH (±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 Franco’s 28.2 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 9.6 pts (34%) Velocity 6.7 pts (24%) Breadth 8.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 3.3 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Franco Manufacturing · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Franco's Innovation Score is 28.2/100 (26th 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 Franco?

Each dot is one of Franco’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). Franco’s own 5.5 claims/patent is at or below the 11.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Franco's grants concentrate

Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 13.3% of grants classified under B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Franco sits between Fos4x GMBH and FU Ding Precision Industrial (ZHENGZHOU) Co., Ltd..

Franco's three-year grant acceleration

Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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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Foundation Brakes…

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Foundation FOR Bi…

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Fresh Forward Hol…

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FRX Polymers

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FT System S R L

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FU Ding Precision…

15
Franco Manufactur… ◀

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What this shows Franco holds 15 patents at rank #18,622, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Franco

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,622 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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

Franco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	13.3%
2016	1	6.7%
2017	11	73.3%
2023	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc. patent most?

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 2

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 1

A47D - Furniture Specially Adapted FOR Children 1

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 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

Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc.'s lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 13.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
Ranked #18,640 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc. against Fos4x GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.2/100 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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