Where does Terex South Dakota, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Terex South Dakota, Inc. ranks #20,506 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 Terex South Dakota, Inc. hold?

Terex South Dakota, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Terex South Dakota, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Terex South Dakota, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.6 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Terex South Dakota, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Terex South Dakota, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +1000% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Terex South Dakota, Inc.'s patents?

Terex South Dakota, Inc.'s patents average 15.3 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 Terex South Dakota, 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

Terex South Dakota, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Terex South Dakota, Inc. focus on?

Terex South Dakota, Inc.'s top technology area is B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load) with 9 patents, ranking #39 of 447 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Terex ranks #20,506 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 19 technology areas.

#20,506
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.6/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: +1000%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20506 · US Corporation #20,506 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,506/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ten Cate Thiolon B V
CPC-FOCUS B66F · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1000% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ten Cate Thiolon B.V. (±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 Terex’s 45.6 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 9.4 pts (21%) Velocity 11.7 pts (26%) Breadth 15.4 pts (34%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Terex South Dakota · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Terex's Innovation Score is 45.6/100 (top 23% 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 Terex?

Each dot is one of Terex’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). Terex’s own 15.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Terex's grants concentrate

Terex South Dakota, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 64.3% of grants classified under B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Terex sits between Ten Cate Thiolon B.V. and The Curotto-Can, LLC.

Terex's three-year grant acceleration

Terex South Dakota, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Ten Cate Thiolon…

14
Tenax Energy Solu…

14
Tencent Music Ent…

14
Teraoka Seiko

14
The Azek Group

14
The BIG O

14
The Crawford Group

14
The Curotto-can

14
Terex South Dakota ◀

14

What this shows Terex holds 14 patents at rank #20,530, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Terex

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,530 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66F (Hoisting)

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

Terex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Terex South Dakota, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.1%
2020	3	21.4%
2021	1	7.1%
2022	1	7.1%
2023	4	28.6%
2024	2	14.3%
2025partial year	2	14.3%

Which technologies does Terex South Dakota, Inc. patent most?

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 9

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 2

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 2

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 2

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

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

E06C - Ladders 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

F16H - Gearing 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Terex South Dakota, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Terex South Dakota, Inc.'s lead technology class is B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load), 64.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66F
Ranked #20,506 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Terex South Dakota, Inc. against Ten Cate Thiolon B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.6/100 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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