Where does Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG ranks #37,950 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 GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG hold?

Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG's Innovation Score?

Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG has an Innovation Score of 36.4 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG's patents?

Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG's patents average 10.9 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 Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG 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

Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG

Q: What technology areas does Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG focus on?

Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG'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 7 patents, ranking #833 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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, Thomas ranks #37,950 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#37,950
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.4/100): 10.9
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37950 · Foreign Corporation #37,950 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,950/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ThermoLift
CPC-NARROW B29C · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ThermoLift, Inc. (±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 36.4 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 7.2 pts (20%) Velocity 13.3 pts (37%) Breadth 9.4 pts (26%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Thomas + Technik +… · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thomas's Innovation Score is 36.4/100 (top 47% 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 10.9 claims/patent is at or below the 19.0 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 GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% 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 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Thomas sits between ThermoLift, Inc. and Tiliter Pty Ltd..

Thomas's three-year grant acceleration

Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Thermolift

7
Think Silicon Res…

7
Thinkcyte

7
Thinx

7
Thrio

7
Tibit Communicati…

7
Tidel Engineering

7
Tiliter Pty

7
Thomas + Technik… ◀

7

What this shows Thomas holds 7 patents at rank #37,986, 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 #37,986 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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)

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

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

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Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2022	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG 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 7

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 2

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

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

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 1

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

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

Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG'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), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #37,950 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thomas GmbH + Co. Technik + Innovation KG against ThermoLift, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.4/100 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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