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TCL Communication Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2023. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TCL ranks #43,519 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 4 technology areas.

#43,519
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.3/100)
12.0
avg claims per patent
+100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43519 · Foreign Corporation #43,519 · 6 grants

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

  • GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
  • LOWER-Q #43,519/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Targimmune Therapeut…
  • CPC-NARROW H04L · 4 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 22.3/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 12.0 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-SURGE +100% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Targimmune Therapeutics AG (±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 22.3 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around TCL

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows TCL's Innovation Score is 22.3/100 (10th 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

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 12.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

TCL vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 5.96.06.066.06.06.1 0510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Targimmune Therapeutics AG - 6, 23Targimmune Therap…Tatung Technology Inc. - 6, 7Tatung TechnologyTBI Industries GMBH - 6, 7.5TBI IndustriesTCG Partners, LLC—Intellectual Property Series - 6, 5.67TCG Partners —Int…TE Connectivity Belgium BV - 6, 19.5TE Connectivity B…TE Connectivity Industrial GmbH - 6, 18TE Connectivity I…Teade AB - 6, 17Teade ABTeam Young Technology Co., Ltd. - 6, 10.67Team Young Techno…TCL Communication Limited - 6, 12TCL Communication
TCL vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where TCL's grants concentrate

TCL Communication Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, TCL sits between Targimmune Therapeutics AG and Team Young Technology Co., Ltd..

TCL's three-year grant acceleration

TCL Communication Limited shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Who files at TCL's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows TCL holds 6 patents at rank #43,476, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near TCL

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,476 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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)

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

0.511.522.533.5 201920202023 1
USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2023

Grants by year

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

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TCL Communication Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2019 2 33.3%
2020 3 50.0%
2023 1 16.7%

Which technologies does TCL Communication Limited patent most?

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

TCL Communication Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • TCL Communication Limited's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
  • Ranked #43,519 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare TCL Communication Limited against Targimmune Therapeutics AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 22.3/100 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

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.