Where does Tension International, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tension International, Inc. ranks #18,177 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 Tension International, Inc. hold?

Tension International, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Tension International, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tension International, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.3 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Tension International, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +14% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Tension International, Inc.'s patents?

Tension International, Inc.'s patents average 17.3 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 Tension International, 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

Tension International, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Tension International, Inc. focus on?

Tension International, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 9 patents, ranking #1,413 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 10 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tension ranks #18,177 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 10 technology areas.

#18,177
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.3/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: +14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18177 · US Corporation #18,177 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,177/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tasso
CPC-FOCUS G06Q · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tasso, Inc. (±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 Tension’s 51.3 Innovation Score adds up

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

Volume 9.8 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 11.2 pts (22%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tension International · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tension's Innovation Score is 51.3/100 (top 12% 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 Tension?

Each dot is one of Tension’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). Tension’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tension's grants concentrate

Tension International, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 56.3% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Tension sits between Tasso, Inc. and The Children's Mercy Hospital.

Tension's three-year grant acceleration

Tension International, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Tasso

16
Teikyo University

16
Teknion

16
Telit Automotive…

16
Teraview

16
Thales Management…

16
The Absolut Aktie…

16
The Children's Me…

16
Tension Internati… ◀

16

What this shows Tension holds 16 patents at rank #18,201, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tension

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,201 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Tension's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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Tension International, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	12.5%
2016	2	12.5%
2017	3	18.8%
2020	1	6.3%
2022	2	12.5%
2023	1	6.3%
2024	4	25.0%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Tension International, Inc. patent most?

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 9

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 8

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 7

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 7

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 6

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 2

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 1

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 1

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 1

Top 10 of 10 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

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

Tension International, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 56.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #18,177 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tension International, Inc. against Tasso, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.3/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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