Where does TGW Logistics GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TGW Logistics GmbH ranks #8,692 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 TGW Logistics GmbH hold?

TGW Logistics GmbH holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is TGW Logistics GmbH's Innovation Score?

TGW Logistics GmbH has an Innovation Score of 60.2 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is TGW Logistics GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TGW Logistics GmbH's recent grant velocity is +283% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for TGW Logistics GmbH's patents?

TGW Logistics GmbH's patents average 29.2 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 TGW Logistics GmbH 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

TGW Logistics GmbH

Q: What technology areas does TGW Logistics GmbH focus on?

TGW Logistics GmbH's top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 35 patents, ranking #43 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TGW ranks #8,692 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 17 technology areas.

#8,692
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.2/100): 29.2
avg claims per patent: +283%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

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

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,692/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sound United
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 17 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 29.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +283% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

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.

How TGW’s 60.2 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 12.6 pts (21%) Velocity 18.1 pts (30%) Breadth 14.6 pts (24%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lunar Energy · near

60
Lotte Chemical · near

60
Sekisui Chemical · near

60
TGW Logistics · this assignee

60
The Board of… · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TGW's Innovation Score is 60.2/100 (top 3% 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 TGW?

Each dot is one of TGW’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). TGW’s own 29.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where TGW's grants concentrate

TGW Logistics GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 94.6% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, TGW sits between Sound United, LLC and Tokyo Rope MFG. Co., Ltd..

TGW's three-year grant acceleration

TGW Logistics GmbH shows 19 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Sound United

37
Springfield

37
Taizhou Sukk Furn…

37
Tempur World

37
THE 13th Research…

37
THE Walter AND El…

37
Tokai Kogyo

37
Tokyo Rope MFG

37
TGW Logistics ◀

37

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.

Companies ranked near TGW

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,689 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for TGW, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices), TGW ranks #43 of 1,746 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Lotte Chemical Corporation 60 The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama 60 Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. 60 Lunar Energy, Inc. 60

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 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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TGW Logistics GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
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%

Which technologies does TGW Logistics GmbH patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 35

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 14

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 10

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 7

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 6

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 4

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 2

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 1

B60M - Power Supply Lines, AND Devices Along Rails, FOR Electrically- Propelled Vehicles 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

Top 15 of 17 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

TGW Logistics GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TGW Logistics GmbH's lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 94.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #8,692 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TGW Logistics GmbH against Sound United, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.2/100 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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