Where does Thought Preserve, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thought Preserve, LLC ranks #27,644 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 Thought Preserve, LLC hold?

Thought Preserve, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2022, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Thought Preserve, LLC's Innovation Score?

Thought Preserve, LLC has an Innovation Score of 26.6 out of 100 (21st 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 Thought Preserve, LLC focus on?

Thought Preserve, LLC's top technology area is C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge) with 10 patents, ranking #133 of 1,366 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Thought Preserve, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thought Preserve, LLC's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Thought Preserve, LLC's patents?

Thought Preserve, LLC's patents average 16.8 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 Thought Preserve, 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Thought Preserve, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. 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: C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thought ranks #27,644 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 4 technology areas.

#27,644
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 21st percentile
by Innovation Score (26.6/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27644 · US Corporation #27,644 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,644/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH THE Society OF…
CPC-NARROW C02F · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: THE Society OF Japanese Aerospace Companies (±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 Thought’s 26.6 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 (31%) Velocity 1.1 pts (4%) Breadth 7.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bertelli & Partners… · near

27
Omnis Mineral · near

27
Thought Preserve · this assignee

27
Vitec Holdings… · near

27
Elopak Systems · near

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thought's Innovation Score is 26.6/100 (21st 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 Thought?

Each dot is one of Thought’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). Thought’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Thought's grants concentrate

Thought Preserve, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Thought sits between THE Society OF Japanese Aerospace Companies and Tigercat Industries Inc..

Thought's three-year grant acceleration

Thought Preserve, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

THE Society OF Ja…

10
THE Sure Chill

10
Thermaltake Techn…

10
Thomas Helledays…

10
Thyssenkrupp Syst…

10
Tianjin Chengjian…

10
Tiense Suikerraff…

10
Tigercat Industri…

10
Thought Preserve ◀

10

What this shows Thought holds 10 patents at rank #27,583, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thought

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,583 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C02F (Treatment OF Water)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Thought, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C02F (Treatment OF Water), Thought ranks #133 of 1,366 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (27 here).

Vitec Holdings Italia SRL 27 Bertelli & Partners S.R.L 27 Omnis Mineral Technologies, LLC 27 Elopak Systems AG 27

Thought's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 21st percentile higher than 21% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Thought Preserve, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	3	30.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	4	40.0%
2022	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Thought Preserve, LLC patent most?

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 10

B01D - Separation 7

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

B04B - Centrifuges 3

Top 4 of 4 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

Thought Preserve, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thought Preserve, LLC's lead technology class is C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C02F
Ranked #27,644 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thought Preserve, LLC against THE Society OF Japanese Aerospace Companies, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.6/100 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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