Where does Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC ranks #23,539 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 Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC hold?

Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC's Innovation Score?

Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC has an Innovation Score of 36.3 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC focus on?

Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 8 patents, ranking #1,527 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC's patents?

Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC's patents average 16.3 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 Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC 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

Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thermal ranks #23,539 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 14 technology areas.

#23,539
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.3/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23539 · US Corporation #23,539 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,539/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH THE California…
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: THE California Institute FOR Biomedical Research (±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 Thermal’s 36.3 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 8.9 pts (25%) Velocity 4.4 pts (12%) Breadth 13.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Thermal Imaging Radar · this assignee

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What this shows Thermal's Innovation Score is 36.3/100 (top 47% 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 Thermal?

Each dot is one of Thermal’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). Thermal’s own 16.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Thermal's grants concentrate

Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Thermal sits between THE California Institute FOR Biomedical Research and TMD Friction Services GmbH.

Thermal's three-year grant acceleration

Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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Thinkware Systems

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What this shows Thermal holds 12 patents at rank #23,505, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thermal

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,505 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Thermal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	25.0%
2017	2	16.7%
2018	2	16.7%
2019	1	8.3%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	1	8.3%
2023	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 8

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 4

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #23,539 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC against THE California Institute FOR Biomedical Research, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.3/100 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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