Overall rank by patents
#10,481
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 5 technology areas, active 2016–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: A46B (BRUSHES).
The verdict
Tangle holds 30 US patents across 5 technology areas, rank #10,481 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
Tangle Teezer Limited has been granted 30 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing Tangle Teezer Limited at rank #10,481 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 5 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 5.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in A46B (BRUSHES). As a Foreign Corporation, Tangle Teezer Limited is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Tangle sits between TONG Hsing Electronic Industries, Ltd. (30 patents, rank #10,477) and The University Of Memphis Research Foundation (30 patents, rank #10,485) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 32.2/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 19 grants, compared with 11 in the 2015–2019 window, a +73% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Tangle Teezer Limited's 5.5 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while concentration in 5 subclasses points to a focused technical program. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Tangle Teezer Limited against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
TONG HSING ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
30 patents
TONG LUNG METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
30 patents
TPC Group, LLC
30 patents
TURUN YLIOPISTO
30 patents
Technology Innovation Momentum Fund (Israel) Limited Partnership
30 patents
Tensorcom, Inc.
30 patents
The Technology Partnership PLC
30 patents
The University of Memphis Research Foundation
30 patents
Tangle Teezer Limited
30 patents
What this shows Tangle holds 30 patents at rank #10,481, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #10,481 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Tangle's primary technology class.
Tangle's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
32 Top 60% higher than 40% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 2017 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 5 | 16.7% |
| 2020 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 2021 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 2023 | 5 | 16.7% |
| 2024 | 5 | 16.7% |
| 2025 | 5 | 16.7% |
Top 5 of 5 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#10,481
Across all tracked assignees
32.2 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Tangle's 30 grants land it in the top 60% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.