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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tata Steel Nederland Technology B.V. ranks #9,636 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 Nederland Technology B.V. hold?

Tata Steel Nederland Technology B.V. holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

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

Tata Steel Nederland Technology B.V. has an Innovation Score of 65.5 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Tata Steel Nederland Technology B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Tata Steel Nederland Technology B.V.'s patents average 20.1 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 Nederland Technology 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 Nederland Technology B.V.

Q: What technology areas does Tata Steel Nederland Technology B.V. focus on?

Tata Steel Nederland Technology B.V.'s top technology area is 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) with 14 patents, ranking #190 of 1,658 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 36 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: 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 Evap).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tata ranks #9,636 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 36 technology areas.

#9,636
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.5/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: +80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9636 · Foreign Corporation #9,636 · 33 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,636/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sunlight Photonics
CPC-FOCUS C23C · 36 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sunlight Photonics 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 Tata’s 65.5 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 12.2 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (31%) Breadth 21.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Wistron · near

65
Tata Steel Nederland… · this assignee

65
Genesys Telecommunic… · near

65
Hyundai Autoever · near

65
Tusimple · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tata's Innovation Score is 65.5/100 (top 1% 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 20.1 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 Nederland Technology B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 42.4% of grants classified under 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 Evap). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Tata sits between Sunlight Photonics Inc. and Tianjin Bytedance Technology Co., Ltd..

Tata's three-year grant acceleration

Tata Steel Nederland Technology B.V. shows 16 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Sunlight Photonics

33
Super73

33
Superd

33
Taiga Motors

33
Terydon

33
THE Calany Holdin…

33
THE SUN Lock

33
Tianjin Bytedance…

33
Tata Steel Nederl… ◀

33

What this shows Tata holds 33 patents at rank #9,634, 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 #9,634 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C23C (Coating Metallic Material)

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 C23C (Coating Metallic Material), Tata ranks #190 of 1,658 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Hyundai Autoever Corp. 65 Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. 65 Tusimple, Inc. 65 Wistron Corporation 65

Tata's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 Nederland Technology B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.0%
2016	4	12.1%
2017	2	6.1%
2018	2	6.1%
2019	1	3.0%
2021	2	6.1%
2022	6	18.2%
2023	6	18.2%
2024	4	12.1%
2025partial year	5	15.2%

Which technologies does Tata Steel Nederland Technology B.V. patent most?

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 14

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 7

C22C - Alloys 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

C21B - Manufacture OF Iron OR Steel 5

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 4

B21B - Rolling OF Metal 4

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 3

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 3

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 3

Top 15 of 36 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 Nederland Technology B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tata Steel Nederland Technology B.V.'s lead technology class is 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 Evap), 42.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C23C
Ranked #9,636 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tata Steel Nederland Technology B.V. against Sunlight Photonics Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.5/100 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.

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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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