Where does Tego, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tego, Inc. ranks #11,461 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 Tego, Inc. hold?

Tego, Inc. holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Tego, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tego, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.9 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Tego, Inc. focus on?

Tego, Inc.'s top technology area is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers) with 27 patents, ranking #94 of 1,953 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Tego, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tego, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -81% 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 Tego, Inc.'s patents?

Tego, Inc.'s patents average 21.9 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 Tego, 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

Tego, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 12 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: G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tego ranks #11,461 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 12 technology areas.

#11,461
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.9/100): 21.9
avg claims per patent: -81%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11461 · US Corporation #11,461 · 27 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,461/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Swiss Timing
CPC-FOCUS G06K · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -81% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Swiss Timing 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 Tego’s 36.9 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 11.5 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (33%) Claim depth 13.2 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kinetix · near

37
Osstem Implant · near

37
Peri · near

37
Tecres S P A · near

37
Tego · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tego's Innovation Score is 36.9/100 (top 45% 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 Tego?

Each dot is one of Tego’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). Tego’s own 21.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tego's grants concentrate

Tego, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Tego sits between Swiss Timing Ltd and THE Mclean Hospital Corporation.

Swiss Timing

27
TCO Group AS

27
Techno-umg

27
Tefal

27
Terex GB

27
THE City Universi…

27
THE George Washin…

27
THE Mclean Hospit…

27
Tego ◀

27

What this shows Tego holds 27 patents at rank #11,458, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tego

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,458 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06K (Graphical Data Reading)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tego, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06K (Graphical Data Reading), Tego ranks #94 of 1,953 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Peri AG 37 Kinetix AG 37 Tecres S.P.A. 37 Osstem Implant Co., Ltd 37

Tego's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% 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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Tego, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	14.8%
2016	8	29.6%
2017	4	14.8%
2018	2	7.4%
2019	3	11.1%
2020	2	7.4%
2021	2	7.4%
2025partial year	2	7.4%

Which technologies does Tego, Inc. patent most?

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 27

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 21

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 12

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 7

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

H04B - Transmission 4

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 3

G11C - Static Stores 3

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

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

Top 12 of 12 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

Tego, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tego, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06K
Ranked #11,461 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tego, Inc. against Swiss Timing Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.9/100 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

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.