Where does Frontside rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Frontside ranks #46,893 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 Frontside hold?

Frontside holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2021, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Frontside's Innovation Score?

Frontside has an Innovation Score of 20.0 out of 100 (6th 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 Frontside focus on?

Frontside's top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 5 patents, ranking #2,256 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Frontside's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Frontside's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Frontside's patents?

Frontside's patents average 12.8 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 Frontside 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

Frontside

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2021. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Frontside ranks #46,893 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#46,893
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 6th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.0/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46893 · Foreign Corporation #46,893 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,893/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH FRITSCHIAG—SWISS…
CPC-NARROW H04W · 3 areas
INNOV-LOW 20.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: FRITSCHIAG—SWISS Bindings (±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 Frontside’s 20.0 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 6.2 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (31%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Frontside · this assignee

20
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Frontside's Innovation Score is 20.0/100 (6th 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 Frontside?

Each dot is one of Frontside’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). Frontside’s own 12.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Frontside's grants concentrate

Frontside is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Frontside sits between FRITSCHIAG—SWISS Bindings and FSI North America, Inc..

Fritschiag—Swiss…

5
Fromageries BEL

5
Frontgrade

5
Frontier Laborato…

5
Frosty Cold

5
Fruitshop Interna…

5
FS Giiker Technol…

5
FSI North America

5
Frontside ◀

5

What this shows Frontside holds 5 patents at rank #46,783, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Frontside

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,783 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Frontside's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

20 6th percentile higher than 6% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2021

Grants by year

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

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Frontside patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	40.0%
2020	2	40.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Frontside patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Frontside's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Frontside's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #46,893 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Frontside against FRITSCHIAG—SWISS Bindings, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.0/100 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

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.