Where does Fugro N.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fugro N.V. ranks #10,621 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 Fugro N.V. hold?

Fugro N.V. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Fugro N.V.'s Innovation Score?

Fugro N.V. has an Innovation Score of 47.3 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fugro N.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fugro N.V.'s recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Fugro N.V.'s patents?

Fugro N.V.'s patents average 19.8 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 Fugro N.V. 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

Fugro N.V.

Q: What technology areas does Fugro N.V. focus on?

Fugro N.V.'s top technology area is 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) with 10 patents, ranking #553 of 3,153 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 25 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: 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 Arra).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fugro ranks #10,621 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 25 technology areas.

#10,621
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.3/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10621 · Foreign Corporation #10,621 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,621/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fetch Robotics
CPC-FOCUS G01S · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fetch Robotics, Inc. (±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 Fugro’s 47.3 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 11.7 pts (25%) Velocity 6.0 pts (13%) Breadth 17.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
EOFlow · near

47
Fugro · this assignee

47
Haworth · near

47
Kagoshima University · near

47
CoreLogic Solutions · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fugro's Innovation Score is 47.3/100 (top 19% 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 Fugro?

Each dot is one of Fugro’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). Fugro’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fugro's grants concentrate

Fugro N.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 34.5% of grants classified under 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 Arra). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Fugro sits between FTC Solar, Inc. and Global Industrial Distribution Inc..

Fugro's three-year grant acceleration

Fugro N.V. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

FTC Solar

29
Fetch Robotics

29
Florida Atlantic…

29
Fluid Equipment D…

29
GEA Tuchenhagen

29
Geistlich Pharma

29
GKN Driveline Int…

29
Global Industrial…

29
Fugro ◀

29

What this shows Fugro holds 29 patents at rank #10,620, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fugro

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,620 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Fugro, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01S (Radio Direction-finding), Fugro ranks #553 of 3,153 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

EOFlow Co., Ltd. 47 Kagoshima University 47 Haworth, Inc. 47 CoreLogic Solutions, LLC 47

Fugro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% 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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Fugro N.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	6.9%
2018	7	24.1%
2019	5	17.2%
2020	2	6.9%
2021	3	10.3%
2022	3	10.3%
2023	5	17.2%
2024	1	3.4%
2025partial year	1	3.4%

Which technologies does Fugro N.V. patent most?

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 10

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 9

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

B63C - Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects 3

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 3

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 3

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 2

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 2

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 15 of 25 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

Fugro N.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fugro N.V.'s lead technology class is 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 Arra), 34.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01S
Ranked #10,621 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fugro N.V. against FTC Solar, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.3/100 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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