Overall rank by patents
#21,892
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: F25B (REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #21,892 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 18 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R21892 · US Corporation #21,892 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Terra Quantum Ag (±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
The Armor All/stp Pr… · this assignee
37 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows The's Innovation Score is 37.4/100 (top 44% 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.
The Armor All/stp Products Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 46.2% of grants classified under F25B (REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, The sits between Terra Quantum Ag and The Tuway American Group, Inc..
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Terra Quantum AG
13 patents
Terumo BCT Biotechnologies, LLC
13 patents
TestCard Ltd.
13 patents
Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, Inc.
13 patents
The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville
13 patents
The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C.
13 patents
The Metraflex Company
13 patents
The Tuway American Group, Inc.
13 patents
The Armor All/STP Products Company
13 patents
What this shows The holds 13 patents at rank #21,926, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #21,926 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in The's primary technology class.
The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
37 Top 44% higher than 56% 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 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 23.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2017 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2018 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2019 | 5 | 38.5% |
Top 15 of 18 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#21,892
of 50,000 tracked assignees
37.4 out of 100
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