Where does Fulton Group N.A., Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fulton Group N.A., Inc. ranks #18,648 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 Fulton Group N.A., Inc. hold?

Fulton Group N.A., Inc. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Fulton Group N.A., Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Fulton Group N.A., Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.3 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fulton Group N.A., Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fulton Group N.A., Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +233% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Fulton Group N.A., Inc.'s patents?

Fulton Group N.A., Inc.'s patents average 30.3 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 Fulton Group N.A., 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

Fulton Group N.A., Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Fulton Group N.A., Inc. focus on?

Fulton Group N.A., Inc.'s top technology area is F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact) with 11 patents, ranking #67 of 801 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fulton ranks #18,648 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 13 technology areas.

#18,648
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.3/100): 30.3
avg claims per patent: +233%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18648 · US Corporation #18,648 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,648/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fasford Technology
CPC-FOCUS F28D · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 30.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +233% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fasford Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Fulton’s 40.3 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 9.6 pts (24%) Velocity 3.0 pts (7%) Breadth 12.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fulton Group N A · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fulton's Innovation Score is 40.3/100 (top 36% 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 Fulton?

Each dot is one of Fulton’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). Fulton’s own 30.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fulton's grants concentrate

Fulton Group N.A., Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 73.3% of grants classified under F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Fulton sits between FRX Polymers, Inc. and FemtoDx, Inc..

Fulton's three-year grant acceleration

Fulton Group N.A., Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

FRX Polymers

15
FT System S R L

15
FU Ding Precision…

15
Fujikura Rubber

15
Fasford Technology

15
Feinstein Patents

15
Feintool Internat…

15
Femtodx

15
Fulton Group N A ◀

15

What this shows Fulton holds 15 patents at rank #18,628, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fulton

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,628 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus)

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

Fulton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Fulton Group N.A., Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	3	20.0%
2020	2	13.3%
2021	4	26.7%
2022	2	13.3%
2023	1	6.7%
2024	1	6.7%
2025partial year	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Fulton Group N.A., Inc. patent most?

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 11

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 8

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 4

F23D - Burners 4

F22B - Methods OF Steam GENERATION; Steam Boilers 4

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 3

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 3

F23C - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR 2

F23L - Supplying AIR OR Non-combustible Liquids OR Gases TO Combustion Apparatus IN General ; Valves OR Dampers Specially Adapted FOR Controlling AIR Supply OR Draught IN Combustion Apparatus ; Inducing Draught IN Combustion APPARATUS; Tops FOR Chimneys OR Ventilating SHAFTS; Terminals FOR Flues 2

F23R - Generating Combustion Products OF High Pressure OR High Velocity, e.g. Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

B01D - Separation 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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

Fulton Group N.A., Inc.'s lead technology class is F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact), 73.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F28D
Ranked #18,648 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fulton Group N.A., Inc. against FRX Polymers, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.3/100 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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