Where does Future Motion, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Future Motion, Inc. ranks #3,884 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 Future Motion, Inc. hold?

Future Motion, Inc. holds 93 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Future Motion, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Future Motion, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.0 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Future Motion, Inc. focus on?

Future Motion, Inc.'s top technology area is A63C (SKATES; SKIS; Roller SKATES; Design OR Layout OF Courts, Rinks OR THE Like) with 43 patents, ranking #1 of 125 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

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

Future Motion, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +68% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Future Motion, Inc.'s patents average 11.3 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 Future Motion, 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

Future Motion, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 93 granted patents across 17 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: A63C (SKATES; SKIS; Roller SKATES; Design OR Layout OF Courts, Rinks OR THE Like).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Future ranks #3,884 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 93 patents across 17 technology areas.

#3,884
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (46.0/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: +68%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3884 · US Corporation #3,884 · 93 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 93 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,884/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CKnapp Sales
CPC-FOCUS A63C · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +68% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CKnapp Sales, 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 Future’s 46.0 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 15.7 pts (34%) Velocity 8.9 pts (19%) Breadth 14.6 pts (32%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Avintiv Specialty… · near

46
Future Motion · this assignee

46
Middle Chart · near

46
Mitsubishi Paper Mills · near

46
The Eastern · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Future's Innovation Score is 46.0/100 (top 22% 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 Future?

Each dot is one of Future’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). Future’s own 11.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Future's grants concentrate

Future Motion, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 46.2% of grants classified under A63C (SKATES; SKIS; Roller SKATES; Design OR Layout OF Courts, Rinks OR THE Like). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (24 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Future sits between CKnapp Sales, Inc. and Korea Basic Science Institute.

Future's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Future Motion, Inc. moved from 27 to 36 grants (1.33x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Cknapp Sales

93
CSP

93
Elbee Pty

93
Fidlock

93
Intermec IP

93
Intercontinental…

93
Kids II

93
Korea Basic Scien…

93
Future Motion ◀

93

What this shows Future holds 93 patents at rank #3,884, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Future

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,884 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63C (Skates)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Future, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A63C (Skates), Future ranks #1 of 125 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Middle Chart, LLC 46 Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited 46 The Eastern Company 46 Avintiv Specialty Materials Inc. 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.3 here).

Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd. 11.3 avg FCI Americas Technology LLC 11.3 avg Broan-NuTone LLC 11.3 avg Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Co., Ltd. 11.3 avg

Future's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% 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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Future Motion, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.1%
2016	4	4.3%
2017	6	6.5%
2018	9	9.7%
2019	11	11.8%
2020	13	14.0%
2021	3	3.2%
2022	5	5.4%
2023	24	25.8%
2024	7	7.5%
2025partial year	10	10.8%

Which technologies does Future Motion, Inc. patent most?

A63C - SKATES; SKIS; Roller SKATES; Design OR Layout OF Courts, Rinks OR THE Like 43

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 40

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 34

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 32

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 13

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 12

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 11

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 10

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 10

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 6

B62M - Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles 4

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 4

A62C - Fire-fighting 3

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

Top 15 of 17 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

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

Future Motion, Inc.'s lead technology class is A63C (SKATES; SKIS; Roller SKATES; Design OR Layout OF Courts, Rinks OR THE Like), 46.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63C
Ranked #3,884 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Future Motion, Inc. against CKnapp Sales, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.0/100 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.

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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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