Where does Thermwood Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thermwood Corporation ranks #3,110 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 Thermwood Corporation hold?

Thermwood Corporation holds 122 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Thermwood Corporation's Innovation Score?

Thermwood Corporation has an Innovation Score of 52.5 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Thermwood Corporation's recent grant velocity is +142% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Thermwood Corporation's patents average 19.2 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 Thermwood 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

Thermwood Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Thermwood Corporation focus on?

Thermwood Corporation's top technology area is 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) with 110 patents, ranking #42 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 122 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thermwood ranks #3,110 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 122 patents across 27 technology areas.

#3,110
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.5/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: +142%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3110 · US Corporation #3,110 · 122 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 122 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,110/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Saint-gobain Isover
CPC-FOCUS B29C · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +142% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Saint-gobain Isover (±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 Thermwood’s 52.5 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 16.6 pts (32%) Velocity 6.1 pts (12%) Breadth 18.4 pts (35%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Csmc Fab2 · near

53
Shin-Etsu Polymer · near

53
THE Volcano · near

53
Thermwood · this assignee

53
Zodiac Pool Systems · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thermwood's Innovation Score is 52.5/100 (top 10% 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 Thermwood?

Each dot is one of Thermwood’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). Thermwood’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Thermwood's grants concentrate

Thermwood Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 90.2% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (19 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2016. By volume, Thermwood sits between Saint-gobain Isover and Elago Co. Ltd.

Thermwood's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Thermwood Corporation moved from 44 to 40 grants (0.91x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,446. See the growth leaderboard.

Saint-gobain Isov…

122
Smartsky Networks

122
Sensors Incorpora…

122
Siltronic

122
Thermwood ◀

122
Accuray Incorpora…

121
Bando Chemical In…

121
CCL Label

121
Elago

121

What this shows Thermwood holds 122 patents at rank #3,110, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thermwood

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,110 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Thermwood, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics), Thermwood ranks #42 of 4,378 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd. 53 Csmc Technologies Fab2 Co., Ltd. 53 Zodiac Pool Systems LLC 53 THE Volcano Corporation 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

Trudell Medical International Inc. 19.2 avg MetaSwitch Networks Ltd. 19.2 avg BGC Partners, Inc. 19.2 avg Loon LLC 19.2 avg

Thermwood's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Thermwood Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	5	4.1%
2017	9	7.4%
2018	8	6.6%
2019	9	7.4%
2020	17	13.9%
2021	18	14.8%
2022	12	9.8%
2023	9	7.4%
2024	19	15.6%
2025partial year	16	13.1%

Which technologies does Thermwood Corporation patent most?

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 110

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 109

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 42

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 21

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 13

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 7

B23C - Milling 7

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 7

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 7

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 6

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 5

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 5

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 4

Top 15 of 27 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

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

Thermwood Corporation's lead technology class is 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), 90.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #3,110 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thermwood Corporation against Saint-gobain Isover, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.5/100 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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