Where does Fuel Automation Station, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fuel Automation Station, LLC ranks #10,325 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 Fuel Automation Station, LLC hold?

Fuel Automation Station, LLC holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Fuel Automation Station, LLC's Innovation Score?

Fuel Automation Station, LLC has an Innovation Score of 38.0 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Fuel Automation Station, LLC focus on?

Fuel Automation Station, LLC's top technology area is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 27 patents, ranking #14 of 469 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fuel Automation Station, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fuel Automation Station, LLC's recent grant velocity is +23% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Fuel Automation Station, LLC's patents?

Fuel Automation Station, LLC's patents average 16.7 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 Fuel Automation Station, LLC 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

Fuel Automation Station, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fuel ranks #10,325 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 16 technology areas.

#10,325
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.0/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +23%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10325 · US Corporation #10,325 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,325/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Facc
CPC-FOCUS B67D · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +23% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Facc AG (±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 Fuel’s 38.0 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 11.9 pts (31%) Velocity 2.0 pts (5%) Breadth 14.1 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fuel Automation… · this assignee

38
Hoyt Archery · near

38
Huntleigh Technology · near

38
Indian Wells Medical · near

38
WirePath Home Systems · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fuel's Innovation Score is 38.0/100 (top 42% 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 Fuel?

Each dot is one of Fuel’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). Fuel’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fuel's grants concentrate

Fuel Automation Station, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Fuel sits between Facc AG and Genapsys, Inc..

Fuel's three-year grant acceleration

Fuel Automation Station, LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Facc

30
Feng Chia Univers…

30
Ferton Holding

30
Flint Group Germa…

30
Furcifer

30
GE Oil & Gas Comp…

30
GE Vernova Infras…

30
Genapsys

30
Fuel Automation S… ◀

30

What this shows Fuel holds 30 patents at rank #10,325, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fuel

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,325 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B67D (Dispensing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Fuel, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B67D (Dispensing), Fuel ranks #14 of 469 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Indian Wells Medical, Inc. 38 Huntleigh Technology Limited 38 WirePath Home Systems, LLC 38 Hoyt Archery, Inc. 38

Fuel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Fuel Automation Station, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	10.0%
2018	4	13.3%
2019	6	20.0%
2020	6	20.0%
2021	5	16.7%
2022	3	10.0%
2023	1	3.3%
2024	1	3.3%
2025partial year	1	3.3%

Which technologies does Fuel Automation Station, LLC patent most?

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 27

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 13

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 10

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 9

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 4

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 3

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 3

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 2

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 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

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Fuel Automation Station, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fuel Automation Station, LLC's lead technology class is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B67D
Ranked #10,325 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fuel Automation Station, LLC against Facc AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.0/100 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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