Where does Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc. ranks #30,359 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 Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc. hold?

Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.0 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc. focus on?

Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc.'s top technology area is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture) with 7 patents, ranking #122 of 990 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc.'s patents?

Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc.'s patents average 11.7 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 Tenn-tex Plastics, 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

Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tenn-tex ranks #30,359 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 2 technology areas.

#30,359
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (40.0/100): 11.7
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30359 · US Corporation #30,359 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,359/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Teijin Aramid
CPC-NARROW A47B · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 40.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Teijin Aramid GMBH (±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 Tenn-tex’s 40.0 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 8.0 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (50%) Breadth 5.0 pts (13%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tenn-tex Plastics · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tenn-tex's Innovation Score is 40.0/100 (top 37% 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 Tenn-tex?

Each dot is one of Tenn-tex’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). Tenn-tex’s own 11.7 claims/patent is at or below the 13.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Tenn-tex's grants concentrate

Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Tenn-tex sits between Teijin Aramid GMBH and Terre Armee Internationale.

Tenn-tex's three-year grant acceleration

Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Teijin Aramid

9
Teijin Chemicals

9
Teknologisk Insti…

9
Tenfold

9
Tente & KG

9
Teraoka Seisakusho

9
Tereos Starch & S…

9
Terre Armee Inter…

9
Tenn-tex Plastics ◀

9

What this shows Tenn-tex holds 9 patents at rank #30,308, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tenn-tex

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,308 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47B (Tables)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Tenn-tex's primary technology class.

Tenn-tex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	11.1%
2017	2	22.2%
2022	1	11.1%
2023	4	44.4%
2024	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc. patent most?

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 2 of 2 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

Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47B
Ranked #30,359 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tenn-tex Plastics, Inc. against Teijin Aramid GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.0/100 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

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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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