Where does Terrapower, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Terrapower, LLC ranks #2,701 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 Terrapower, LLC hold?

Terrapower, LLC holds 144 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 61 technology areas.

What is Terrapower, LLC's Innovation Score?

Terrapower, LLC has an Innovation Score of 63.3 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Terrapower, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Terrapower, LLC's recent grant velocity is -6% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Terrapower, LLC's patents?

Terrapower, LLC's patents average 23.5 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 Terrapower, LLC 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

Terrapower, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Terrapower, LLC focus on?

Terrapower, LLC's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 134 patents. Grants appear in 61 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 144 granted patents across 61 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Terrapower ranks #2,701 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 144 patents across 61 technology areas.

#2,701
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.3/100): 23.5
avg claims per patent: -6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2701 · US Corporation #2,701 · 144 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 144 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,701/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Qualcomm
CPC-WIDE Y02E · 61 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Qualcomm Technologies 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Intel IP · near

63
Nanjing University · near

63
Terrapower · this assignee

63
Cerner Innovation · near

63
Japan Aviation… · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Terrapower's Innovation Score is 63.3/100 (top 2% 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.

How Terrapower's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Terrapower, LLC received 68 grants versus 72 in 2015–2019 (-6% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 24 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 8. Lead class Y02E accounts for 93.1% of the portfolio across 61 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Qualcomm Technologies Inc. (#2,697) and E Ink California, LLC (#2,705).

Terrapower's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Terrapower, LLC moved from 37 to 39 grants (1.05x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,056. See the growth leaderboard.

Qualcomm

144
Quantcast

144
Showa Denko Mater…

144
Statoil Petroleum…

144
Velos Media

144
Terrapower ◀

144
Atotech Deutschla…

143
Contemporary Visi…

143
E Ink California

143

What this shows Terrapower holds 144 patents at rank #2,701, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Terrapower

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,701 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Terrapower, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Nanjing University 63 Intel IP Corporation 63 Cerner Innovation, Inc. 63 Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (23.5 here).

Cochlear Limited 23.5 avg Graphic Packaging International, LLC 23.5 avg Matterport, Inc. 23.4 avg Exo Imaging, Inc. 23.4 avg

Terrapower's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Terrapower, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	7.6%
2016	15	10.4%
2017	24	16.7%
2018	14	9.7%
2019	8	5.6%
2020	17	11.8%
2021	12	8.3%
2022	12	8.3%
2023	14	9.7%
2024	13	9.0%
2025partial year	4	2.8%

Which technologies does Terrapower, LLC patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 134

G21C - Nuclear Reactors 117

G21D - Nuclear Power Plant 43

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 13

C22C - Alloys 9

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 8

B01D - Separation 8

F01K - Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles 6

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 6

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 6

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 6

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 5

F02C - Gas-turbine PLANTS; AIR Intakes FOR Jet-propulsion PLANTS; Controlling Fuel Supply IN Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants 5

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 5

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 5

Top 15 of 61 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,701

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Terrapower, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Terrapower, LLC's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 93.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #2,701 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Terrapower, LLC against Qualcomm Technologies Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.3/100 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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