Where does Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG ranks #43,573 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 Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 24.3 out of 100 (14th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 6 patents, ranking #2,307 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 14.8 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 Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG 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 Foreign Corporation

Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tews ranks #43,573 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#43,573
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.3/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43573 · Foreign Corporation #43,573 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,573/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tetos
CPC-NARROW G01N · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tetos 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 Tews’s 24.3 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 6.7 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Tews Elektronik & KG · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Tews's Innovation Score is 24.3/100 (14th percentile 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 Tews?

Each dot is one of Tews’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). Tews’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tews's grants concentrate

Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Tews sits between Tetos Co., Ltd. and TH Products, LLC.

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Tetra

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Teva Medical

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Texas Biomedical…

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Tg-17

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TH Products

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What this shows Tews holds 6 patents at rank #43,505, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tews

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,505 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Tews's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% 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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Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	33.3%
2019	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2025partial year	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

A24C - Machines FOR Making Cigars OR Cigarettes 3

A24D - CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces 2

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #43,573 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tews Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG against Tetos Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.3/100 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

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