Where does Front Edge Technology, Inc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Front Edge Technology, Inc ranks #28,809 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 Front Edge Technology, Inc hold?

Front Edge Technology, Inc holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Front Edge Technology, Inc's Innovation Score?

Front Edge Technology, Inc has an Innovation Score of 27.1 out of 100 (22nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Front Edge Technology, Inc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Front Edge Technology, Inc's recent grant velocity is -71% 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 Front Edge Technology, Inc's patents?

Front Edge Technology, Inc's patents average 18.7 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 Front Edge Technology, 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

Front Edge Technology, Inc

Q: What technology areas does Front Edge Technology, Inc focus on?

Front Edge Technology, Inc's top technology area is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy) with 9 patents, ranking #571 of 2,332 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Front ranks #28,809 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 5 technology areas.

#28,809
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.1/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28809 · US Corporation #28,809 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,809/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Freestyle Partners
CPC-NARROW H01M · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Freestyle Partners LLC (±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 Front’s 27.1 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 8.0 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (29%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Front Edge Technology · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Front's Innovation Score is 27.1/100 (22nd 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 Front?

Each dot is one of Front’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). Front’s own 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Front's grants concentrate

Front Edge Technology, Inc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Front sits between Freestyle Partners LLC and Fuzzie Dot, LLC.

Freestyle Partners

9
Frequentis

9
Freudenberg House…

9
Friedrich Air Con…

9
Fujian Changting…

9
Fukuda Denshi

9
Fundacion Para La…

9
Fuzzie Dot

9
Front Edge Techno… ◀

9

What this shows Front holds 9 patents at rank #28,804, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Front

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,804 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01M (Processes OR Means)

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

Front's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Front Edge Technology, Inc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	22.2%
2016	2	22.2%
2018	3	33.3%
2021	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Front Edge Technology, Inc patent most?

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 9

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 9

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Front Edge Technology, Inc's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Front Edge Technology, Inc's lead technology class is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01M
Ranked #28,809 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Front Edge Technology, Inc against Freestyle Partners LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.