Overall rank by patents
#21,900
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 10 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: A47L (DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING ; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #21,900 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 10 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R21900 · US Corporation #21,900 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: The Armor All/stp Products Company (±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 Tuway American G… · this assignee
36 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows The's Innovation Score is 35.9/100 (top 48% 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 Tuway American Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 61.5% of grants classified under A47L (DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING ; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, The sits between The Armor All/stp Products Company and Thermal Corp..
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
The Armor All/STP Products Company
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 United States of America as represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs
13 patents
The University of Greenwich
13 patents
Theken Spine, LLC
13 patents
Thermal Corp.
13 patents
The Tuway American Group, Inc.
13 patents
What this shows The holds 13 patents at rank #21,930, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #21,930 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)
36 Top 48% higher than 52% 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 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2019 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2020 | 3 | 23.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2022 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2024 | 2 | 15.4% |
Top 10 of 10 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#21,900
of 50,000 tracked assignees
35.9 out of 100
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