Where does Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC ranks #21,910 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 Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC hold?

Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC's Innovation Score?

Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC has an Innovation Score of 30.3 out of 100 (34th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC focus on?

Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC's top technology area is B08B (Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General) with 13 patents, ranking #38 of 1,035 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC's recent grant velocity is -92% 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 Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC's patents?

Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC's patents average 15.7 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC

Q: How is the Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, 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 PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: B08B (Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thomas ranks #21,910 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 11 technology areas.

#21,910
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.3/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21910 · US Corporation #21,910 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,910/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Thermal
CPC-FOCUS B08B · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Thermal Corp. (±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 Thomas’s 30.3 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 9.1 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Thomas Engineering… · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thomas's Innovation Score is 30.3/100 (34th 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 Thomas?

Each dot is one of Thomas’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). Thomas’s own 15.7 claims/patent is at or below the 18.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Thomas's grants concentrate

Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B08B (Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Thomas sits between Thermal Corp. and Top Flight Technologies, Inc..

Thermal

13
Thermo Fisher Sci…

13
Think Therapeutics

13
Thinoptics

13
Tiangong Universi…

13
Tokyo Keiki

13
Tomahawk Robotics

13
Top Flight

13
Thomas Engineerin… ◀

13

What this shows Thomas holds 13 patents at rank #21,938, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thomas

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,938 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B08B (Cleaning IN General)

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

Thomas's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

View data table

Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	15.4%
2016	3	23.1%
2017	4	30.8%
2018	2	15.4%
2019	1	7.7%
2021	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC patent most?

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 13

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 9

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 5

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 5

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

F28G - Cleaning OF Internal OR External Surfaces OF Heat-exchange OR Heat-transfer Conduits, e.g. Water Tubes OR Boilers 4

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 3

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC's lead technology class is B08B (Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B08B
Ranked #21,910 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC against Thermal Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.