Where does Tetra Tech, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tetra Tech, Inc. ranks #8,939 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 Tetra Tech, Inc. hold?

Tetra Tech, Inc. holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Tetra Tech, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tetra Tech, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.4 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Tetra Tech, Inc. focus on?

Tetra Tech, Inc.'s top technology area is B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic) with 21 patents, ranking #13 of 195 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Tetra Tech, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tetra Tech, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +160% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Tetra Tech, Inc.'s patents?

Tetra Tech, Inc.'s patents average 15.7 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 Tetra Tech, 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

Tetra Tech, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tetra ranks #8,939 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 21 technology areas.

#8,939
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.4/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: +160%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8939 · US Corporation #8,939 · 36 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,939/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taiwan Green Point…
CPC-FOCUS B61L · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +160% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taiwan Green Point Enterprises Co., Ltd. (±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 Tetra’s 40.4 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 12.5 pts (31%) Velocity 2.3 pts (6%) Breadth 16.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ADA Carbon Solutions · near

40
Heesung Catalysts · near

40
Qatar Foundation · near

40
Tetra Tech · this assignee

40
Xevo · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tetra's Innovation Score is 40.4/100 (top 36% 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 Tetra?

Each dot is one of Tetra’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). Tetra’s own 15.7 claims/patent is at or below the 19.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Tetra's grants concentrate

Tetra Tech, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 58.3% of grants classified under B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Tetra sits between Transmedics, Inc. and TreeFrog Developments, Inc..

Tetra's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Tetra Tech, Inc. moved from 23 to 8 grants (0.35x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Transmedics

36
Trumpf Werkzeugma…

36
Taiwan Green Poin…

36
Targus Internatio…

36
The Foundry

36
The Medical Resea…

36
The P F Laborator…

36
Treefrog Developm…

36
Tetra Tech ◀

36

What this shows Tetra holds 36 patents at rank #8,942, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tetra

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,942 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B61L (Guiding Railway Traffic)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tetra, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B61L (Guiding Railway Traffic), Tetra ranks #13 of 195 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Xevo Inc. 40 Qatar Foundation 40 ADA Carbon Solutions, LLC 40 Heesung Catalysts Corporation 40

Tetra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Tetra Tech, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	8.3%
2018	2	5.6%
2019	5	13.9%
2020	12	33.3%
2021	6	16.7%
2022	5	13.9%
2023	2	5.6%
2024	1	2.8%

Which technologies does Tetra Tech, Inc. patent most?

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 21

B61K - Auxiliary Equipment Specially Adapted FOR Railways, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 20

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 15

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 14

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 14

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 9

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 4

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 4

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 4

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

F03D - Wind Motors 2

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

Top 15 of 21 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

Tetra Tech, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tetra Tech, Inc.'s lead technology class is B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic), 58.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B61L
Ranked #8,939 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tetra Tech, Inc. against Transmedics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.4/100 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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