Where does Fuerst Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fuerst Group, Inc. ranks #5,838 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 Fuerst Group, Inc. hold?

Fuerst Group, Inc. holds 58 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Fuerst Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Fuerst Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.1 out of 100 (36th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fuerst Group, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fuerst Group, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +84% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Fuerst Group, Inc.'s patents?

Fuerst Group, Inc.'s patents average 6.0 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 Fuerst Group, 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

Fuerst Group, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Fuerst Group, Inc. focus on?

Fuerst Group, Inc.'s top technology area is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear) with 19 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 58 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fuerst ranks #5,838 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 58 patents across 7 technology areas.

#5,838
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.1/100): 6.0
avg claims per patent: +84%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5838 · US Corporation #5,838 · 58 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 58 grants
UPPER-Q #5,838/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Duquesne University…
CPC-NARROW A43B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +84% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BioNTech · near

31
Sorenson Media · near

31
Fuerst Group · this assignee

31
Inspired Material… · near

31
Indesit S p A · near

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fuerst's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (36th 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.

Where Fuerst's grants concentrate

Fuerst Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 32.8% of grants classified under A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Fuerst sits between Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit and Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd..

Fuerst's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Fuerst Group, Inc. moved from 28 to 17 grants (0.61x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Duquesne Universi…

58
Em-tech

58
Echostar UK Holdi…

58
Engineered Contro…

58
Flashbay Hong Kong

58
GE Medical System…

58
Genetec

58
Giant Manufacturi…

58
Fuerst Group ◀

58

What this shows Fuerst holds 58 patents at rank #5,837, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fuerst

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,837 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Fuerst, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

Inspired Material Solutions, LLC 31 Indesit Company S.p.A. 31 BioNTech AG 31 Sorenson Media, Inc. 31

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (6.0 here).

Infinitus (CHINA) Company Ltd. 5.9 avg Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC 6.0 avg Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp. 5.9 avg Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 5.9 avg

Fuerst's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Fuerst Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.7%
2016	1	1.7%
2017	1	1.7%
2018	6	10.3%
2019	10	17.2%
2020	8	13.8%
2021	10	17.2%
2022	4	6.9%
2023	9	15.5%
2024	4	6.9%
2025partial year	4	6.9%

Which technologies does Fuerst Group, Inc. patent most?

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 19

A43C - Fastenings OR Attachments OF FOOTWEAR; Laces IN General 11

D04B - Knitting 5

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 5

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 3

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 2

A43D - Machines, Tools, Equipment OR Methods FOR Manufacturing OR Repairing Footwear 2

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,838

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

31.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Fuerst Group, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fuerst Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear), 32.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A43B
Ranked #5,838 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fuerst Group, Inc. against Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.1/100 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

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