Where does Funkitron, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Funkitron, Inc. ranks #40,331 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 Funkitron, Inc. hold?

Funkitron, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Funkitron, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Funkitron, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 22.1 out of 100 (10th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Funkitron, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

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

Funkitron, Inc.'s patents average 19.7 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 Funkitron, 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

Funkitron, Inc.

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

Funkitron, Inc.'s top technology area is A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 6 patents, ranking #224 of 894 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Funkitron ranks #40,331 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 1 technology areas.

#40,331
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.1/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40331 · US Corporation #40,331 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,331/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fukuoka Institute…
CPC-NARROW A63F · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fukuoka Institute of Technology (±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 Funkitron’s 22.1 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 6.7 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 3.5 pts (16%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (54%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Funkitron · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Funkitron's Innovation Score is 22.1/100 (10th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Funkitron?

Each dot is one of Funkitron’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). Funkitron’s own 19.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Funkitron's grants concentrate

Funkitron, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Funkitron sits between Fukuoka Institute of Technology and Future Technology Co., Ltd..

Fukuoka Institute…

6
Fullthrottle

6
Functional Neurom…

6
Fundacion Copec U…

6
Furious People

6
Futura IP

6
Futuragene Israel

6
Future Technology

6
Funkitron ◀

6

What this shows Funkitron holds 6 patents at rank #40,326, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Funkitron

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,326 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63F (Card)

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

Funkitron's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

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

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Funkitron, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2017	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%
2020	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Funkitron, Inc. patent most?

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

Top 1 of 1 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

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

Funkitron, Inc.'s lead technology class is A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63F
Ranked #40,331 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Funkitron, Inc. against Fukuoka Institute of Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.1/100 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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