Where does The Topline Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Topline Corporation ranks #17,275 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 Topline Corporation hold?

The Topline Corporation holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is The Topline Corporation's Innovation Score?

The Topline Corporation has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is The Topline Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Topline Corporation's recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Topline Corporation's patents?

The Topline Corporation's patents average 13.2 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 The Topline Corporation 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 US Corporation

The Topline Corporation

Q: What technology areas does The Topline Corporation focus on?

The Topline Corporation's top technology area is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The Topline · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

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.

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.

Terex Mhps

17
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17
The Burchell Nurs…

17
The Shyft Group

17
Therapeutic Prote…

17
Tidal Systems

17
Tile Redi

17
Tomtom North Amer…

17
The Topline ◀

17

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.

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

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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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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?

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 6

A43D - Machines, Tools, Equipment OR Methods FOR Manufacturing OR Repairing Footwear 6

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 6

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

C22C - Alloys 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#17,275

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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.