Where does TGW Mechanics GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TGW Mechanics GmbH ranks #13,190 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 Mechanics GmbH hold?

TGW Mechanics GmbH holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is TGW Mechanics GmbH's Innovation Score?

TGW Mechanics GmbH has an Innovation Score of 48.7 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

TGW Mechanics GmbH's recent grant velocity is +114% 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 Mechanics GmbH's patents?

TGW Mechanics GmbH's patents average 23.0 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 Mechanics 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 Mechanics GmbH

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

TGW Mechanics 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 22 patents, ranking #77 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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 #13,190 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 13 technology areas.

#13,190
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.7/100): 23.0
avg claims per patent: +114%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13190 · Foreign Corporation #13,190 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #13,190/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taewoong Medical
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +114% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taewoong Medical 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 TGW’s 48.7 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 11.0 pts (23%) Velocity 11.1 pts (23%) Breadth 12.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 13.8 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
TGW Mechanics · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TGW's Innovation Score is 48.7/100 (top 16% 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 23.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.8 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 Mechanics GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 95.7% 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 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, TGW sits between Taewoong Medical Co., Ltd and THE Hartz Mountain Corp.

TGW's three-year grant acceleration

TGW Mechanics GmbH shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Taewoong Medical

23
Taisho Pharmaceut…

23
Takemoto Yushi

23
Teco Electric & M…

23
Thales DIS AIS De…

23
Thales DIS CPL USA

23
THE Chemo-sero-th…

23
THE Hartz Mountain

23
TGW Mechanics ◀

23

What this shows TGW holds 23 patents at rank #13,181, 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 #13,181 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

TGW's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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TGW Mechanics GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.3%
2016	1	4.3%
2017	3	13.0%
2018	1	4.3%
2019	1	4.3%
2020	3	13.0%
2021	2	8.7%
2022	2	8.7%
2023	3	13.0%
2024	5	21.7%
2025partial year	1	4.3%

Which technologies does TGW Mechanics GmbH patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 22

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 3

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 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 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

E01B - Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

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

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

Top 13 of 13 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 Mechanics GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TGW Mechanics 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), 95.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #13,190 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TGW Mechanics GmbH against Taewoong Medical Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.7/100 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

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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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