Where does TBL Licensing LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TBL Licensing LLC ranks #3,756 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 TBL Licensing LLC hold?

TBL Licensing LLC holds 97 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is TBL Licensing LLC's Innovation Score?

TBL Licensing LLC has an Innovation Score of 34.1 out of 100 (47th 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 TBL Licensing LLC focus on?

TBL Licensing LLC's top technology area is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear) with 15 patents, ranking #26 of 317 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is TBL Licensing LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TBL Licensing LLC's recent grant velocity is +19% 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 TBL Licensing LLC's patents?

TBL Licensing LLC's patents average 3.9 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 TBL Licensing LLC 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 US Corporation

TBL Licensing LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 97 granted patents across 13 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: A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TBL ranks #3,756 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 97 patents across 13 technology areas.

#3,756
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.1/100): 3.9
avg claims per patent: +19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3756 · US Corporation #3,756 · 97 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 97 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,756/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sealed Air (US)
CPC-FOCUS A43B · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sealed Air Corporation (US) (±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 TBL’s 34.1 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 15.8 pts (46%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 12.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 2.3 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Centre Luxembourgeoi… · near

34
Pergo (EUROPE) AB · near

34
TBL Licensing · this assignee

34
2266170 Ontario · near

34
Hach Lange · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TBL's Innovation Score is 34.1/100 (47th 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 TBL?

Each dot is one of TBL’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). TBL’s own 3.9 claims/patent is at or below the 10.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where TBL's grants concentrate

TBL Licensing LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 15.5% of grants classified under A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (17 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, TBL sits between Sealed Air Corporation (US) and Tokyo University of Science Foundation.

TBL's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, TBL Licensing LLC moved from 45 to 22 grants (0.49x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Sealed Air (US)

97
Sirius XM Radio

97
Skip Hop

97
Takata

97
Toyoda Iron Works

97
TRW

97
Taoglas Group Hol…

97
Tokyo University…

97
TBL Licensing ◀

97

What this shows TBL holds 97 patents at rank #3,754, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TBL

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,754 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for TBL, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear), TBL ranks #26 of 317 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Pergo (EUROPE) AB 34 2266170 Ontario Inc. 34 Hach Lange GMBH 34 Centre Luxembourgeois de Recherches pour le Verre et la Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.) 34

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (3.9 here).

Holley Performance Products, Inc. 3.9 avg Duravit Aktiengesellschaft 3.8 avg Freedman Electronics Pty Limited 3.8 avg Deckers Outdoor Corporation 3.9 avg

TBL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% 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.

View data table

TBL Licensing LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	4.1%
2016	1	1.0%
2017	11	11.3%
2018	9	9.3%
2019	17	17.5%
2020	13	13.4%
2021	15	15.5%
2022	7	7.2%
2023	5	5.2%
2024	10	10.3%
2025partial year	5	5.2%

Which technologies does TBL Licensing LLC patent most?

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 15

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 5

D04B - Knitting 1

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 1

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 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

A43D - Machines, Tools, Equipment OR Methods FOR Manufacturing OR Repairing Footwear 1

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 1

A43C - Fastenings OR Attachments OF FOOTWEAR; Laces IN General 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

H04B - Transmission 1

Top 13 of 13 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

TBL Licensing LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TBL Licensing LLC's lead technology class is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear), 15.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A43B
Ranked #3,756 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TBL Licensing LLC against Sealed Air Corporation (US), an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.