Overall rank by patents
#20,530
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: A47J (KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Thermos ranks #20,530 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 6 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R20530 · Foreign Corporation #20,530 · 14 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: The United States Of America, As Represented By The Director, National Security Agency (±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
Thermos K k · this assignee
21 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Thermos's Innovation Score is 20.7/100 (top 93% 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.
Thermos K.k. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 21.4% of grants classified under A47J (KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Thermos sits between The United States Of America As Represented By The Federal Bureau Of Investigation, Department Of Justice and Tie Down, Inc..
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
The United States of America as Represented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice
14 patents
The United States of America, as represented by the Director, National Security Agency
14 patents
The University of Hull
14 patents
TheraNova, LLC
14 patents
Thirty Three Threads, Inc.
14 patents
Thompson Brothers & Company LLC
14 patents
Tianma Advanced Display Technology Institute (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
14 patents
Tie Down, Inc.
14 patents
Thermos K.K.
14 patents
What this shows Thermos holds 14 patents at rank #20,546, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #20,546 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Thermos's primary technology class.
Thermos's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
21 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2017 | 11 | 78.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 7.1% |
Top 6 of 6 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#20,530
of 50,000 tracked assignees
20.7 out of 100
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