Where does Thinkware Systems Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thinkware Systems Corporation ranks #23,542 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 Thinkware Systems Corporation hold?

Thinkware Systems Corporation holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Thinkware Systems Corporation's Innovation Score?

Thinkware Systems Corporation has an Innovation Score of 29.8 out of 100 (32nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Thinkware Systems Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thinkware Systems Corporation's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Thinkware Systems Corporation's patents?

Thinkware Systems Corporation's patents average 14.5 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 Thinkware Systems 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 Foreign Corporation

Thinkware Systems Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Thinkware Systems Corporation focus on?

Thinkware Systems Corporation's top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 7 patents, ranking #367 of 1,814 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thinkware ranks #23,542 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 12 technology areas.

#23,542
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.8/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23542 · Foreign Corporation #23,542 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,542/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH THE First Affiliated…
CPC-FOCUS G01C · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: THE First Affiliated Hospital, SUN Yat-sen University (±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 Thinkware’s 29.8 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 (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Thinkware Systems · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Thinkware's Innovation Score is 29.8/100 (32nd percentile 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 Thinkware?

Each dot is one of Thinkware’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). Thinkware’s own 14.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Thinkware's grants concentrate

Thinkware Systems Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 58.3% of grants classified under G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Thinkware sits between THE First Affiliated Hospital, SUN Yat-sen University and Tomi Environmental Solutions Inc..

THE First Affilia…

12
THE Furukawa Batt…

12
THE Methodist Hos…

12
Thermal Imaging R…

12
Thyroscope

12
TI Automotive (He…

12
TMD Friction Serv…

12
Tomi Environmenta…

12
Thinkware Systems ◀

12

What this shows Thinkware holds 12 patents at rank #23,506, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thinkware

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,506 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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

Thinkware's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Thinkware Systems Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	33.3%
2016	2	16.7%
2017	1	8.3%
2018	3	25.0%
2019	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Thinkware Systems Corporation patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 2

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

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

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 12 of 12 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

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

Thinkware Systems Corporation's lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 58.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #23,542 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thinkware Systems Corporation against THE First Affiliated Hospital, SUN Yat-sen University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.8/100 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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