Overall rank by patents
#8,692
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 17 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: B65G (TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, TGW ranks #8,692 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 17 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R8692 · Foreign Corporation #8,692 · 37 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Sound United, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Lunar Energy · near
60 score
Lotte Chemical · near
60 score
Sekisui Chemical · near
60 score
TGW Logistics · this assignee
60 score
The Board Of Trustee… · near
60 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows TGW Logistics Gmbh stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-STRONG, CLAIMS-DENSE, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #8,692 of 50,000; Innovation Score 60.2/100 sits in the top 3% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Sound United, Llc (±0 grants).
TGW Logistics Gmbh has been granted 37 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing TGW Logistics Gmbh at #8,692 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 17 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 29.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in B65G (TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS). As a Foreign Corporation, TGW Logistics Gmbh is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, TGW sits between Sound United, Llc (37 patents, rank #8,685) and Tokyo ROPE MFG. Co., Ltd. (37 patents, rank #8,693) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 60.2/100 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 23 grants, compared with 6 in the 2015–2019 window, a +283% 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 company’s 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. TGW Logistics Gmbh's 29.2 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 17 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Sound United, LLC
37 patents
Springfield, Inc.
37 patents
TAIZHOU SUKK FURNITURE CO., LTD
37 patents
TEMPUR WORLD, LLC
37 patents
THE 13TH RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY GROUP CORPORATION
37 patents
THE WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
37 patents
TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD.
37 patents
TOKYO ROPE MFG. CO., LTD.
37 patents
TGW Logistics GmbH
37 patents
What this shows TGW holds 37 patents at rank #8,689, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #8,689 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in TGW's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for TGW, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).
TGW's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
60 Top 3% higher than 97% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 5.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 2.7% |
| 2019 | 3 | 8.1% |
| 2020 | 2 | 5.4% |
| 2021 | 2 | 5.4% |
| 2022 | 3 | 8.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 2.7% |
| 2024 | 15 | 40.5% |
| 2025partial year | 8 | 21.6% |
Top 15 of 17 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#8,692
of 50,000 tracked assignees
60.2 out of 100
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.