Overall rank by patents
#14,985
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015β2021. 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: G01B (MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, TESA ranks #14,985 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 14 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R14985 Β· Foreign Corporation #14,985 Β· 20 grants
GRANTS-SMALL Β· MID-PACK Β· PHOTO-FINISH Β· CPC-FOCUS Β· INNOV-THIN Β· CLAIMS-RICH Β· TYPE-FRNCORP Β· VEL-DROP Β· BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Tangoe US, Inc. (Β±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated Β· highest
85 score
TESA Β· this assignee
33 score
3D Lighting Innovati⦠· lowest
7 score
What this shows TESA Sa stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #14,985 of 50,000; Innovation Score 32.9/100 sits in the top 57% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Tangoe US, Inc. (Β±0 grants).
TESA Sa has been granted 20 US utility patents between 2015 and 2021, placing TESA Sa at #14,985 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 14 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 15.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in G01B (MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS). As a Foreign Corporation, TESA Sa is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, TESA sits between Tangoe US, Inc. (20 patents, rank #14,974) and Thyssenkrupp Rothe ERDE Gmbh (20 patents, rank #14,982) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 32.9/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 2 grants, compared with 18 in the 2015β2019 window, a -89% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a companyβs application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. TESA Sa's 15.2 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 14 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015β2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked β
TANGOE US, INC.
20 patents
TARKETT GDL
20 patents
TECHNOVA INC.
20 patents
TECO-WESTINGHOUSE MOTOR COMPANY
20 patents
TEXTNOW, INC.
20 patents
THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY
20 patents
THE SY-KLONE COMPANY, LLC
20 patents
THYSSENKRUPP ROTHE ERDE GMBH
20 patents
TESA SA
20 patents
What this shows TESA holds 20 patents at rank #14,978, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #14,978 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in TESA's primary technology class.
TESA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0β100)
33 Top 57% higher than 43% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score Β· 2015β2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020βpresent) versus the 2015β2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 25.0% |
| 2016 | 6 | 30.0% |
| 2017 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 2018 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 2019 | 3 | 15.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | 5.0% |
| 2021 | 1 | 5.0% |
Top 14 of 14 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#14,985
of 50,000 tracked assignees
32.9 out of 100
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