Where does Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. ranks #21,160 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 Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. hold?

Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.4 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +75% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc.'s patents?

Fulcrum BioEnergy, 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 Fulcrum BioEnergy, 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

Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. focus on?

Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc.'s top technology area is C10J (Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases) with 13 patents, ranking #9 of 149 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: C10J (Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fulcrum ranks #21,160 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 11 technology areas.

#21,160
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.4/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: +75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21160 · US Corporation #21,160 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,160/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Frederick Goldman
CPC-FOCUS C10J · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Frederick Goldman, 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 Fulcrum’s 35.4 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 9.1 pts (26%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 11.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fulcrum BioEnergy · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fulcrum's Innovation Score is 35.4/100 (top 49% 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 Fulcrum?

Each dot is one of Fulcrum’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). Fulcrum’s own 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fulcrum's grants concentrate

Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C10J (Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Fulcrum sits between Frederick Goldman, Inc. and General Dynamics Ordnance AND Tactical SYSTEMS—CANADA, Inc..

Fulcrum's three-year grant acceleration

Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Frederick Goldman

13
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13

What this shows Fulcrum holds 13 patents at rank #21,161, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fulcrum

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,161 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C10J (Production OF Producer GAS)

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

Fulcrum's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.7%
2017	1	7.7%
2019	2	15.4%
2020	2	15.4%
2021	2	15.4%
2022	1	7.7%
2023	2	15.4%
2025partial year	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. patent most?

C10J - Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases 13

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 13

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 13

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 13

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 13

C10K - Purifying OR Modifying THE Chemical Composition OF Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide 13

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 13

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 13

B03B - Separating Solid Materials Using Liquids OR Using Pneumatic Tables OR Jigs 1

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc.'s lead technology class is C10J (Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C10J
Ranked #21,160 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. against Frederick Goldman, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.4/100 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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