Where does TeraView Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TeraView Limited ranks #18,178 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 TeraView Limited hold?

TeraView Limited holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is TeraView Limited's Innovation Score?

TeraView Limited has an Innovation Score of 39.3 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does TeraView Limited focus on?

TeraView Limited's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 8 patents, ranking #1,791 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is TeraView Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TeraView Limited's recent grant velocity is +17% 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 TeraView Limited's patents?

TeraView Limited's patents average 19.9 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 TeraView Limited 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 Foreign Corporation

TeraView Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 6 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Teraview ranks #18,178 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 6 technology areas.

#18,178
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.3/100): 19.9
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18178 · Foreign Corporation #18,178 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,178/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Teikyo University
CPC-NARROW G01N · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Teikyo University (±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 Teraview’s 39.3 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 (25%) Velocity 8.9 pts (23%) Breadth 8.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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TeraView · this assignee

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What this shows Teraview's Innovation Score is 39.3/100 (top 39% 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 Teraview?

Each dot is one of Teraview’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). Teraview’s own 19.9 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.

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

Where Teraview's grants concentrate

TeraView Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Teraview sits between Teikyo University and The NanoSteel Company, Inc..

Teraview's three-year grant acceleration

TeraView Limited shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Teikyo University

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What this shows TeraView holds 16 patents at rank #18,202, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TeraView

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,202 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Teraview's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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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TeraView Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	18.8%
2017	1	6.3%
2018	2	12.5%
2020	1	6.3%
2021	2	12.5%
2022	1	6.3%
2023	1	6.3%
2024	2	12.5%
2025partial year	3	18.8%

Which technologies does TeraView Limited patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 8

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

Top 6 of 6 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

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

TeraView Limited's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #18,178 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TeraView Limited against Teikyo University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.3/100 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

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.