Where does Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. ranks #27,643 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 Swan & Co. Ltd. hold?

Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 34.5 out of 100 (48th 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 Swan & Co. Ltd. focus on?

Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd.'s top technology area is H04J (Multiplex Communication) with 6 patents, ranking #188 of 746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Swan & Co. Ltd.'s patents?

Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd.'s patents average 27.2 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 Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. 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 Swan & Co. Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 10 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: H04J (Multiplex Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thomas ranks #27,643 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 10 technology areas.

#27,643
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.5/100): 27.2
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27643 · Foreign Corporation #27,643 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,643/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Thermo Electron…
CPC-FOCUS H04J · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited (±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 34.5 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 8.3 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Thomas Swan & · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Thomas's Innovation Score is 34.5/100 (48th 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 27.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Thomas's grants concentrate

Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under H04J (Multiplex Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Thomas sits between Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited and Tianjin Institute of Pharmaceutical Research Co., Ltd..

Thermo Electron M…

10
Thermocompact

10
Thermodyn SAS

10
Theta Labs

10
Thule Canada

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Thyssenkrupp Elev…

10
Tianjin Hualai Te…

10
Tianjin Institute…

10
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What this shows Thomas holds 10 patents at rank #27,663, 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 #27,663 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04J (Multiplex Communication)

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)

34 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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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.

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Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	2	20.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	3	30.0%

Which technologies does Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. patent most?

H04J - Multiplex Communication 6

H04Q - Selecting 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

G03H - Holographic Processes OR Apparatus 5

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 5

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 2

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 2

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 2

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

Top 10 of 10 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 Swan & Co. Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04J (Multiplex Communication), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04J
Ranked #27,643 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. against Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.5/100 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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