Where does Taylor Hobson Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Taylor Hobson Ltd. ranks #37,830 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 Taylor Hobson Ltd. hold?

Taylor Hobson Ltd. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Taylor Hobson Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Taylor Hobson Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 27.9 out of 100 (25th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Taylor Hobson Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Taylor Hobson Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Taylor Hobson Ltd.'s patents?

Taylor Hobson Ltd.'s patents average 21.3 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 Taylor Hobson Ltd. 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

Taylor Hobson Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Taylor Hobson Ltd. focus on?

Taylor Hobson Ltd.'s top technology area is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours) with 6 patents, ranking #257 of 2,030 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 5 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: G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Taylor ranks #37,830 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 5 technology areas.

#37,830
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 25th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.9/100): 21.3
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37830 · Foreign Corporation #37,830 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,830/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Task Force Tips
CPC-NARROW G01B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Task Force Tips, 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 Taylor’s 27.9 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 7.2 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (28%) Claim depth 12.8 pts (46%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Taylor Hobson · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Taylor's Innovation Score is 27.9/100 (25th 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 Taylor?

Each dot is one of Taylor’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). Taylor’s own 21.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Taylor's grants concentrate

Taylor Hobson Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Taylor sits between Task Force Tips, LLC and Teadit N.A., Inc..

Task Force Tips

7
Tate Access Floor…

7
Tauns

7
Taxis Pharmaceuti…

7
TC Group A/S

7
TCL Communication…

7
TE Wire & Cable

7
Teadit N A

7
Taylor Hobson ◀

7

What this shows Taylor holds 7 patents at rank #37,792, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Taylor

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,792 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01B (Measuring Length)

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

Taylor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 25th percentile higher than 25% 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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Taylor Hobson Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2016	1	14.3%
2019	3	42.9%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Taylor Hobson Ltd. patent most?

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 6

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Taylor Hobson Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Taylor Hobson Ltd.'s lead technology class is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01B
Ranked #37,830 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Taylor Hobson Ltd. against Task Force Tips, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.9/100 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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