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The Topline Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 8 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: A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #17,275 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 8 technology areas.

#17,275
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100)
13.2
avg claims per patent
-40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17275 · US Corporation #17,275 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
  • MID-PACK #17,275/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Terex Mhps
  • CPC-NARROW A43B · 8 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • VEL-DOWN -40% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Terex Mhps GmbH (±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 28.8 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around The

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (28th percentile 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

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 13.2 claims/patent is at or below the 13.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

The vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 16.916.91717.1 05101520 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Terex Mhps GmbH - 17, 16.12Terex MhpsTexmag GmbH Vertriebsgesellschaft - 17, 15.82Texmag Vertriebsg…The Burchell Nursery, Inc. - 17, 1The Burchell Nurs…The Shyft Group, Inc. - 17, 13.82The Shyft GroupTherapeutic Proteins International, LLC - 17, 11.47Therapeutic Prote…Tidal Systems, Inc. - 17, 18.29Tidal SystemsTile Redi, LLC - 17, 3.65Tile RediTomTom North America, Inc. - 17, 18.41Tomtom North Amer…The Topline Corporation - 17, 13.24The Topline
The vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where The's grants concentrate

The Topline Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 35.3% of grants classified under A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, The sits between Terex Mhps GmbH and TomTom North America, Inc..

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Topline Corporation shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Who files at The's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows The holds 17 patents at rank #17,284, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,284 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear)

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)

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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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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The Topline Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2015 1 5.9%
2017 3 17.6%
2018 3 17.6%
2019 3 17.6%
2020 2 11.8%
2021 3 17.6%
2023 1 5.9%
2025partial year 1 5.9%

Which technologies does The Topline Corporation patent most?

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

The Topline Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • The Topline Corporation's lead technology class is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear), 35.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A43B
  • Ranked #17,275 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare The Topline Corporation against Terex Mhps GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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

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.