Where does TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd. ranks #23,507 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 TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd. hold?

TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 19.0 out of 100 (5th 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 TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd. focus on?

TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening) with 3 patents, ranking #308 of 885 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd.'s patents?

TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd.'s patents average 3.7 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 TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., 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

TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TCL ranks #23,507 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 5 technology areas.

#23,507
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (19.0/100): 3.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23507 · Foreign Corporation #23,507 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,507/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taiwan Alpha
CPC-NARROW F24F · 5 areas
INNOV-LOW 19.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taiwan Alpha Electronic Co., 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 TCL’s 19.0 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 8.9 pts (47%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (42%) Claim depth 2.2 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
TCL AIR Conditioner… · this assignee

19
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TCL's Innovation Score is 19.0/100 (5th 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 TCL?

Each dot is one of TCL’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). TCL’s own 3.7 claims/patent is at or below the 11.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where TCL's grants concentrate

TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 25% of grants classified under F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, TCL sits between Taiwan Alpha Electronic Co., Ltd. and Tecniplast S.P.A..

Taiwan Alpha

12
Taiwan Main Ortho…

12
TAK Logic

12
TBK

12
Technische Univer…

12
Techno Polymer

12
Technolas Perfect…

12
Tecniplast S P A

12
TCL AIR Condition… ◀

12

What this shows TCL holds 12 patents at rank #23,493, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TCL

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,493 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F24F (Air-conditioning)

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

TCL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

19 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2016	1	8.3%
2017	3	25.0%
2018	7	58.3%

Which technologies does TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd. patent most?

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 3

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F04F - Pumping OF Fluid BY Direct Contact OF Another Fluid OR BY Using Inertia OF Fluid TO BE Pumped ; Siphons 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 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

TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening), 25% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F24F
Ranked #23,507 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TCL AIR Conditioner (ZHONGSHAN) Co., Ltd. against Taiwan Alpha Electronic Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 19.0/100 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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