Where does Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V. ranks #7,941 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 Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V. hold?

Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V. holds 41 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V. has an Innovation Score of 54.6 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V. focus on?

Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V.'s top technology area is C22C (Alloys) with 26 patents, ranking #65 of 948 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +31% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V.'s patents?

Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V.'s patents average 21.2 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 Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V. 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

Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 41 granted patents across 24 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: C22C (Alloys).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tata ranks #7,941 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 24 technology areas.

#7,941
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.6/100): 21.2
avg claims per patent: +31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7941 · Foreign Corporation #7,941 · 41 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 41 grants
UPPER-Q #7,941/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sodastream Industries
CPC-FOCUS C22C · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sodastream Industries Ltd. (±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 Tata’s 54.6 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 12.9 pts (24%) Velocity 11.7 pts (21%) Breadth 17.3 pts (32%) Claim depth 12.7 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Furukawa Automotive… · near

55
Goodrich Lighting… · near

55
Tata Steel Ijmuiden… · this assignee

55
Camso · near

55
Universitat Stuttgart · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tata's Innovation Score is 54.6/100 (top 8% 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 Tata?

Each dot is one of Tata’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). Tata’s own 21.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tata's grants concentrate

Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 63.4% of grants classified under C22C (Alloys). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Tata sits between Sodastream Industries Ltd. and THE Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars, AND THE Other Members OF Board, OF THE College OF THE Holy AND Undivided Trinity OF Queen Elizabeth Near Dublin.

Tata's three-year grant acceleration

Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V. shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Sodastream Indust…

41
Springworks Thera…

41
Synapse Wireless

41
Synchronoss

41
TEH YOR

41
THE Chugoku Elect…

41
THE Prophet

41
THE Provost Fello…

41
Tata Steel Ijmuid… ◀

41

What this shows Tata holds 41 patents at rank #7,938, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tata

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,938 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C22C (Alloys)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tata, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C22C (Alloys), Tata ranks #65 of 948 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc. 55 Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc. 55 Camso Inc. 55 Universitat Stuttgart 55

Tata's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.4%
2016	3	7.3%
2017	5	12.2%
2018	6	14.6%
2019	1	2.4%
2020	4	9.8%
2021	3	7.3%
2022	7	17.1%
2023	4	9.8%
2024	3	7.3%
2025partial year	4	9.8%

Which technologies does Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V. patent most?

C22C - Alloys 26

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 26

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 25

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 20

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 17

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 8

C23F - Non-mechanical Removal OF Metallic Material From Surface ; Inhibiting Corrosion OF Metallic Material OR Incrustation IN GENERAL; Multi-step Processes FOR Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material Involving AT Least ONE Process Provided FOR IN Class C23 AND AT Least ONE Process Covered BY Subclass C21d 5

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 4

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 4

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 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

C23G - Cleaning OR De-greasing OF Metallic Material BY Chemical Methods Other Than Electrolysis 1

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 1

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 1

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 1

Top 15 of 24 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

Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V.'s lead technology class is C22C (Alloys), 63.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C22C
Ranked #7,941 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V. against Sodastream Industries Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.6/100 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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