Where does The Technology Partnership PLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Technology Partnership PLC ranks #10,478 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 The Technology Partnership PLC hold?

The Technology Partnership PLC holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is The Technology Partnership PLC's Innovation Score?

The Technology Partnership PLC has an Innovation Score of 41.6 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does The Technology Partnership PLC focus on?

The Technology Partnership PLC's top technology area is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles) with 9 patents, ranking #139 of 1,384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Technology Partnership PLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Technology Partnership PLC's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 The Technology Partnership PLC's patents?

The Technology Partnership PLC's patents average 18.8 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 The Technology Partnership PLC 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

The Technology Partnership PLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #10,478 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 23 technology areas.

#10,478
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.6/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10478 · Foreign Corporation #10,478 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,478/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tangle Teezer
CPC-FOCUS B05B · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tangle Teezer Limited (±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 The’s 41.6 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 11.9 pts (29%) Velocity 1.5 pts (4%) Breadth 17.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Callsign · near

42
Geka · near

42
MongoDB · near

42
The Technology… · this assignee

42
Wonderland Nurserygo… · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 41.6/100 (top 33% 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The Technology Partnership PLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 30% of grants classified under B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, The sits between Turun Yliopisto and Tokyo Parts Industrial Co., Ltd..

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Technology Partnership PLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Turun Yliopisto

30
Tangle Teezer

30
Technology Innova…

30
Tensorcom

30
The University of…

30
Thrive Bioscience

30
Thule

30
Tokyo Parts Indus…

30
The Technology Pa… ◀

30

What this shows The holds 30 patents at rank #10,484, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,484 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05B (Spraying Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B05B (Spraying Apparatus), The ranks #139 of 1,384 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Geka GmbH 42 MongoDB, Inc. 42 Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited 42 Callsign Inc. 42

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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The Technology Partnership PLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	16.7%
2016	5	16.7%
2017	1	3.3%
2018	3	10.0%
2019	4	13.3%
2020	3	10.0%
2021	6	20.0%
2022	2	6.7%
2024	1	3.3%

Which technologies does The Technology Partnership PLC patent most?

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 9

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 7

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 5

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

Top 15 of 23 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

The Technology Partnership PLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Technology Partnership PLC's lead technology class is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles), 30% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05B
Ranked #10,478 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Technology Partnership PLC against Turun Yliopisto, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.6/100 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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