Where does TCL Research America Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TCL Research America Inc. ranks #5,184 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 Research America Inc. hold?

TCL Research America Inc. holds 67 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is TCL Research America Inc.'s Innovation Score?

TCL Research America Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.5 out of 100 (top 21% 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 Research America Inc. focus on?

TCL Research America Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 40 patents, ranking #1,165 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

Is TCL Research America Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TCL Research America Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -68% 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 Research America Inc.'s patents?

TCL Research America Inc.'s patents average 16.9 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 TCL Research America Inc. 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

TCL Research America Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 67 granted patents across 26 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TCL ranks #5,184 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 67 patents across 26 technology areas.

#5,184
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.5/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -68%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5184 · US Corporation #5,184 · 67 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 67 grants
UPPER-Q #5,184/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shengyi Technology
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -68% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shengyi Technology 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 46.5 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 14.6 pts (31%) Velocity 3.8 pts (8%) Breadth 18.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AHLSTROM-MUNKSJÖ OYJ · near

47
Prinoth S P A · near

47
Rieke · near

47
TCL Research America · this assignee

47
Provisur · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TCL's Innovation Score is 46.5/100 (top 21% 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 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.6 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.

Where TCL's grants concentrate

TCL Research America Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 59.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (14 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, TCL sits between Shengyi Technology Co., Ltd. and The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

TCL's three-year grant acceleration

TCL Research America Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Shengyi Technology

67
SJ Semiconductor…

67
Shenzhen Tize Tec…

67
Sony Interactive…

67
Tibco Software

67
Tumi

67
The Decor Pty

67
The United States…

67
TCL Research Amer… ◀

67

What this shows TCL holds 67 patents at rank #5,184, 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 #5,184 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for TCL, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), TCL ranks #1,165 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Prinoth S.P.A. 47 Rieke LLC 47 AHLSTROM-MUNKSJÖ OYJ 47 Provisur Technologies, Inc. 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.9 here).

iLumisys, Inc. 16.9 avg Remy Technologies, LLC 16.9 avg Caterpillar Global Mining LLC 16.9 avg Mycronic AB 16.9 avg

TCL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 21% higher than 79% 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.

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TCL Research America Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	11.9%
2016	8	11.9%
2017	14	20.9%
2018	11	16.4%
2019	9	13.4%
2020	5	7.5%
2021	2	3.0%
2022	6	9.0%
2023	1	1.5%
2024	2	3.0%
2025partial year	1	1.5%

Which technologies does TCL Research America Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 40

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 26

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 22

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 14

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 11

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 7

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 6

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 5

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 3

H04H - Broadcast Communication 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

Top 15 of 26 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 Research America Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TCL Research America Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 59.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #5,184 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TCL Research America Inc. against Shengyi Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.5/100 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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