Where does Thomson Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thomson Industries, Inc. ranks #20,533 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 Thomson Industries, Inc. hold?

Thomson Industries, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Thomson Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Thomson Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.7 out of 100 (18th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Thomson Industries, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thomson Industries, Inc.'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 Thomson Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Thomson Industries, Inc.'s patents average 12.8 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 Thomson Industries, Inc. 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

Thomson Industries, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Thomson Industries, Inc. focus on?

Thomson Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings) with 9 patents, ranking #127 of 1,334 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thomson ranks #20,533 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 6 technology areas.

#20,533
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 18th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.7/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20533 · US Corporation #20,533 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,533/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH THE Boots
CPC-NARROW F16C · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: THE Boots Company PLC (±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 Thomson’s 25.7 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 9.4 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Thomson Industries · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thomson's Innovation Score is 25.7/100 (18th 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 Thomson?

Each dot is one of Thomson’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). Thomson’s own 12.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Thomson's grants concentrate

Thomson Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 64.3% of grants classified under F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Thomson sits between THE Boots Company PLC and Tohoku Electric Power Company, Inc..

THE Boots

14
THE Lycra

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THE Metal Ware

14
THE Sweet Living…

14
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THX

14
Tigers Polymer

14
Tohoku Electric P…

14
Thomson Industries ◀

14

What this shows Thomson holds 14 patents at rank #20,503, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thomson

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,503 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16C (Shafts)

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

Thomson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 18th percentile higher than 18% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Thomson Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	35.7%
2016	3	21.4%
2017	3	21.4%
2018	1	7.1%
2019	1	7.1%
2020	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Thomson Industries, Inc. patent most?

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

F16H - Gearing 6

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Thomson Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thomson Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings), 64.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16C
Ranked #20,533 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thomson Industries, Inc. against THE Boots Company PLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.7/100 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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