Where does Tate & Lyle Technology Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tate & Lyle Technology Limited ranks #27,577 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 Tate & Lyle Technology Limited hold?

Tate & Lyle Technology Limited holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Tate & Lyle Technology Limited's Innovation Score?

Tate & Lyle Technology Limited has an Innovation Score of 30.5 out of 100 (35th 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 Tate & Lyle Technology Limited focus on?

Tate & Lyle Technology Limited's top technology area is C07H (SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids) with 7 patents, ranking #132 of 896 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Tate & Lyle Technology Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tate & Lyle Technology Limited's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Tate & Lyle Technology Limited's patents?

Tate & Lyle Technology Limited's patents average 20.4 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 Tate & Lyle Technology Limited 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

Tate & Lyle Technology Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: C07H (SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tate ranks #27,577 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 8 technology areas.

#27,577
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.5/100): 20.4
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27577 · Foreign Corporation #27,577 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,577/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH TAO Clean
CPC-NARROW C07H · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: TAO Clean, LLC (±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 Tate’s 30.5 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 8.3 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (40%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tate & Lyle Technology · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tate's Innovation Score is 30.5/100 (35th 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 Tate?

Each dot is one of Tate’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). Tate’s own 20.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tate's grants concentrate

Tate & Lyle Technology Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 70% of grants classified under C07H (SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Tate sits between TAO Clean, LLC and TCS John Huxley Europe Limited.

TAO Clean

10
Tapcentive

10
Taplast s r l

10
Taro Pharmaceutic…

10
TAU Orthopedics

10
Tazmo

10
Tcr2 Therapeutics

10
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10
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10

What this shows Tate holds 10 patents at rank #27,561, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tate

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,561 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07H (Sugars)

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

Tate's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Tate & Lyle Technology Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	30.0%
2018	2	20.0%
2019	3	30.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Tate & Lyle Technology Limited patent most?

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 7

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 5

B01D - Separation 4

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 1

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Tate & Lyle Technology Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tate & Lyle Technology Limited's lead technology class is C07H (SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids), 70% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07H
Ranked #27,577 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tate & Lyle Technology Limited against TAO Clean, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.5/100 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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