Where does Future Technology Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Future Technology Co., Ltd. ranks #40,338 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 Technology Co., Ltd. hold?

Future Technology Co., Ltd. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Future Technology Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Future Technology Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 36.5 out of 100 (top 46% 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 Technology Co., Ltd. focus on?

Future Technology Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices) with 3 patents, ranking #127 of 214 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Future Technology Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Future Technology Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +300% 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 Technology Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Future Technology Co., Ltd.'s patents average 13.5 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 Technology Co., Ltd. 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

Future Technology Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 11 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: A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Future ranks #40,338 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 11 technology areas.

#40,338
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40338 · Foreign Corporation #40,338 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,338/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH FÁBRICA Nacional DE…
CPC-FOCUS A24F · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: FÁBRICA Nacional DE Moneda Y TIMBRE—REAL Casa DE LA Moneda (±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 36.5 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 (18%) Velocity 10.0 pts (27%) Breadth 11.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Future Technology · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Future's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (top 46% 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 13.5 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Future's grants concentrate

Future Technology Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices). By volume, Future sits between Funkitron, Inc. and G&k-vijuk Intern. Corp..

Future's three-year grant acceleration

Future Technology Co., Ltd. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Funkitron

6
Furious People

6
Futura IP

6
Futuragene Israel

6
Futurity Group

6
Fydec Holding

6
FÁBrica Nacional…

6
G&k-vijuk Intern

6
Future Technology ◀

6

What this shows Future holds 6 patents at rank #40,330, 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 #40,330 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24F (Smokers' Requisites)

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

Future's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% 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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Future Technology Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Future Technology Co., Ltd. patent most?

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 3

A24D - CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces 3

A24B - Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff 2

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

A24C - Machines FOR Making Cigars OR Cigarettes 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 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

Future Technology Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Future Technology Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24F
Ranked #40,338 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Future Technology Co., Ltd. against Funkitron, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 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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