Where does Franklin Sensors Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Franklin Sensors Inc. ranks #31,694 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 Franklin Sensors Inc. hold?

Franklin Sensors Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Franklin Sensors Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Franklin Sensors Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.5 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Franklin Sensors Inc. focus on?

Franklin Sensors Inc.'s top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 7 patents, ranking #138 of 835 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Franklin Sensors Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Franklin Sensors Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Franklin Sensors Inc.'s patents?

Franklin Sensors Inc.'s patents average 23.3 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 Franklin Sensors 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

Franklin Sensors Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Franklin ranks #31,694 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 4 technology areas.

#31,694
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.5/100): 23.3
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31694 · US Corporation #31,694 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,694/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Foshan Hongwei…
CPC-NARROW G01V · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Foshan Hongwei Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Franklin’s 37.5 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 7.6 pts (20%) Velocity 8.9 pts (24%) Breadth 7.1 pts (19%) Claim depth 14.0 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Coherent Kaiserslaut… · near

38
Trustonic · near

38
Franklin Sensors · this assignee

38
Skier's Choice · near

38
Aisin Kako · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Franklin's Innovation Score is 37.5/100 (top 43% 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 Franklin?

Each dot is one of Franklin’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). Franklin’s own 23.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Franklin's grants concentrate

Franklin Sensors Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Franklin sits between Foshan Hongwei Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. and Fresenius Kabi iPSUM S.r.l.

Franklin's three-year grant acceleration

Franklin Sensors Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Foshan Hongwei Te…

8
Foundation for Re…

8
Foundry Therapeut…

8
Fractal Analytics…

8
Fremon Scientific

8
Freewave

8
Freebit

8
Fresenius Kabi ip…

8
Franklin Sensors ◀

8

What this shows Franklin holds 8 patents at rank #31,703, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Franklin

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,703 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Franklin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01V (Geophysics), Franklin ranks #138 of 835 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Skier's Choice, Inc. 38 Aisin Kako Kabushiki Kaisha 37 Coherent Kaiserslautern GmbH 38 Trustonic Limited 38

Franklin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Franklin Sensors Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	12.5%
2020	2	25.0%
2021	1	12.5%
2024	4	50.0%

Which technologies does Franklin Sensors Inc. patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 7

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 4

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 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

Top 4 of 4 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

Franklin Sensors Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Franklin Sensors Inc.'s lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #31,694 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Franklin Sensors Inc. against Foshan Hongwei Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.5/100 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.

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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