Where does Tarkett GDL S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tarkett GDL S.A. ranks #19,218 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 Tarkett GDL S.A. hold?

Tarkett GDL S.A. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Tarkett GDL S.A.'s Innovation Score?

Tarkett GDL S.A. has an Innovation Score of 33.3 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Tarkett GDL S.A. focus on?

Tarkett GDL S.A.'s top technology area is E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors) with 11 patents, ranking #49 of 584 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Tarkett GDL S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tarkett GDL S.A.'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Tarkett GDL S.A.'s patents?

Tarkett GDL S.A.'s patents average 17.5 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 Tarkett GDL S.A. 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

Tarkett GDL S.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 14 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: E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tarkett ranks #19,218 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 14 technology areas.

#19,218
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.3/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19218 · Foreign Corporation #19,218 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,218/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taica
CPC-FOCUS E04F · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taica Corporation (±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 Tarkett’s 33.3 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 (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tarkett GDL · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tarkett's Innovation Score is 33.3/100 (44th 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 Tarkett?

Each dot is one of Tarkett’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). Tarkett’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tarkett's grants concentrate

Tarkett GDL S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 73.3% of grants classified under E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Tarkett sits between T.EN Process Technology Inc. and Tcms Transparent Beauty, LLC.

T EN Process Tech…

15
Taica

15
Taicang Kingfu Pl…

15
Taiyo Kagaku

15
Tatung University

15
TBS Engineering

15
TCL Communi Cati…

15
Tcms Transparent…

15
Tarkett GDL ◀

15

What this shows Tarkett holds 15 patents at rank #19,209, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tarkett

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,209 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings)

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

Tarkett's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% 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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Tarkett GDL S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	13.3%
2016	2	13.3%
2017	1	6.7%
2019	3	20.0%
2020	2	13.3%
2021	4	26.7%
2025partial year	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Tarkett GDL S.A. patent most?

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 11

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 6

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 4

B44C - Producing Decorative Effects ; MOSAICS; Tarsia Work ; Paperhanging 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 3

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 2

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 1

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 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

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

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Tarkett GDL S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tarkett GDL S.A.'s lead technology class is E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors), 73.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04F
Ranked #19,218 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tarkett GDL S.A. against T.EN Process Technology Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.3/100 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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