Where does Thermoflex Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thermoflex Corporation ranks #13,732 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 Thermoflex Corporation hold?

Thermoflex Corporation holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Thermoflex Corporation's Innovation Score?

Thermoflex Corporation has an Innovation Score of 43.6 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Thermoflex Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thermoflex Corporation's recent grant velocity is +900% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Thermoflex Corporation's patents?

Thermoflex Corporation's patents average 5.6 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 Thermoflex 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

Thermoflex Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Thermoflex Corporation focus on?

Thermoflex Corporation's top technology area is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 7 patents, ranking #148 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thermoflex ranks #13,732 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 7 technology areas.

#13,732
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.6/100): 5.6
avg claims per patent: +900%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13732 · US Corporation #13,732 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,732/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH TE Connectivity…
CPC-NARROW B60N · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +900% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: TE Connectivity Italia Distribution S.R.L (±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 Thermoflex’s 43.6 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 10.8 pts (25%) Velocity 20.0 pts (46%) Breadth 9.4 pts (22%) Claim depth 3.4 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Thermoflex · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thermoflex's Innovation Score is 43.6/100 (top 28% 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 Thermoflex?

Each dot is one of Thermoflex’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). Thermoflex’s own 5.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Thermoflex's grants concentrate

Thermoflex Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 31.8% of grants classified under B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Thermoflex sits between TE Connectivity Italia Distribution S.R.L and Tocalo Co., Ltd..

Thermoflex's three-year grant acceleration

Thermoflex Corporation shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

TE Connectivity I…

22
TEL Epion

22
Teleflex Medical…

22
THE Wave Talk

22
Throughtek

22
TI Group Automoti…

22
TNA Australia Pty

22
Tocalo

22
Thermoflex ◀

22

What this shows Thermoflex holds 22 patents at rank #13,723, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thermoflex

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,723 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles)

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

Thermoflex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Thermoflex Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	4.5%
2017	1	4.5%
2020	4	18.2%
2021	1	4.5%
2022	1	4.5%
2023	12	54.5%
2024	2	9.1%

Which technologies does Thermoflex Corporation patent most?

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

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 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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

Thermoflex Corporation's lead technology class is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 31.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60N
Ranked #13,732 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thermoflex Corporation against TE Connectivity Italia Distribution S.R.L, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.6/100 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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