Where does Frantz Design Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Frantz Design Incorporated ranks #35,367 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 Frantz Design Incorporated hold?

Frantz Design Incorporated holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2022, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Frantz Design Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Frantz Design Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 29.0 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Frantz Design Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Frantz Design Incorporated's recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Frantz Design Incorporated's patents?

Frantz Design Incorporated's patents average 9.7 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 Frantz Design Incorporated 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

Frantz Design Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does Frantz Design Incorporated focus on?

Frantz Design Incorporated's top technology area is 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) with 6 patents, ranking #1,036 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. 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: 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 Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Frantz ranks #35,367 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#35,367
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.0/100): 9.7
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35367 · US Corporation #35,367 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,367/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Forsound
CPC-NARROW A61F · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Forsound Corp. (±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 Frantz’s 29.0 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 7.2 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (23%) Breadth 9.4 pts (32%) Claim depth 5.8 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Frantz Design… · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Frantz's Innovation Score is 29.0/100 (29th 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 Frantz?

Each dot is one of Frantz’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). Frantz’s own 9.7 claims/patent is at or below the 12.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Frantz's grants concentrate

Frantz Design Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under 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 Device). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Frantz sits between Forsound Corp. and FTR Systems Inc..

Frantz's three-year grant acceleration

Frantz Design Incorporated shows 3 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.

Forsound

7
Foshan Ichikoh Va…

7
Foundation Produc…

7
Fournitures Hospi…

7
Fraunhofer-gesels…

7
Freemelt AB

7
Friwo Gerätebau

7
FTR Systems

7
Frantz Design Inc… ◀

7

What this shows Frantz holds 7 patents at rank #35,318, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Frantz

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,318 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Frantz's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2022

Grants by year

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

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Frantz Design Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2022	3	42.9%

Which technologies does Frantz Design Incorporated patent most?

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 6

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 3

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 3

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

Frantz Design Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Frantz Design Incorporated's lead technology class is 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 Device), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #35,367 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Frantz Design Incorporated against Forsound Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.0/100 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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