Where does Terracon Consultants, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Terracon Consultants, Inc. ranks #25,374 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 Terracon Consultants, Inc. hold?

Terracon Consultants, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Terracon Consultants, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Terracon Consultants, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.5 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Terracon Consultants, Inc. focus on?

Terracon Consultants, Inc.'s top technology area is E02D (FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures) with 10 patents, ranking #25 of 430 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

Terracon Consultants, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +800% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Terracon Consultants, Inc.'s patents?

Terracon Consultants, Inc.'s patents average 12.3 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 Terracon Consultants, 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

Terracon Consultants, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: E02D (FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Terracon ranks #25,374 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 9 technology areas.

#25,374
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.5/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: +800%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25374 · US Corporation #25,374 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,374/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tenaris Coiled Tubes
CPC-NARROW E02D · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +800% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tenaris Coiled Tubes, LLC (±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 Terracon’s 46.5 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 8.6 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (43%) Breadth 10.6 pts (23%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Terracon Consultants · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Terracon's Innovation Score is 46.5/100 (top 20% 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 Terracon?

Each dot is one of Terracon’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). Terracon’s own 12.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Terracon's grants concentrate

Terracon Consultants, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 90.9% of grants classified under E02D (FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Terracon sits between Tenaris Coiled Tubes, LLC and The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc..

Terracon's three-year grant acceleration

Terracon Consultants, Inc. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

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Terawave

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Tessy Plastics

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What this shows Terracon holds 11 patents at rank #25,385, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Terracon

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,385 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E02D (Foundations)

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

Terracon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Terracon Consultants, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	9.1%
2020	1	9.1%
2022	3	27.3%
2023	3	27.3%
2024	2	18.2%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Terracon Consultants, Inc. patent most?

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 10

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

F03D - Wind Motors 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 4

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Terracon Consultants, Inc.'s lead technology class is E02D (FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures), 90.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E02D
Ranked #25,374 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Terracon Consultants, Inc. against Tenaris Coiled Tubes, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.5/100 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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