Where does Thule NV rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thule NV ranks #10,481 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 Thule NV hold?

Thule NV holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Thule NV's Innovation Score?

Thule NV has an Innovation Score of 26.9 out of 100 (22nd 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 Thule NV focus on?

Thule NV's top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 7 patents, ranking #443 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Thule NV's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thule NV's recent grant velocity is -24% 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 Thule NV's patents?

Thule NV's patents average 8.4 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 Thule NV 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

Thule NV

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thule ranks #10,481 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 7 technology areas.

#10,481
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (26.9/100): 8.4
avg claims per patent: -24%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10481 · Foreign Corporation #10,481 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,481/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tensorcom
CPC-NARROW B60R · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -24% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tensorcom, 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 Thule’s 26.9 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 11.9 pts (44%) Velocity 0.7 pts (3%) Breadth 9.4 pts (35%) Claim depth 5.0 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Scholl's Wellness · near

27
SSM Schärer… · near

27
Thule · this assignee

27
Jieng TAI Internatio… · near

27
Joint stock “Info… · near

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thule's Innovation Score is 26.9/100 (22nd 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 Thule?

Each dot is one of Thule’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). Thule’s own 8.4 claims/patent is at or below the 18.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Thule's grants concentrate

Thule NV is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 23.3% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Thule sits between Tensorcom, Inc. and TrellisWare Technologies, Inc..

Thule's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Thule NV moved from 20 to 2 grants (0.10x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Tensorcom

30
The Technology Pa…

30
The University of…

30
Thrive Bioscience

30
Tokyo Parts Indus…

30
Topgolf Internati…

30
Travel Caddy

30
Trellisware

30
Thule ◀

30

What this shows Thule holds 30 patents at rank #10,487, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thule

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,487 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Thule, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60R (Vehicles), Thule ranks #443 of 1,969 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (27 here).

Scholl's Wellness Company LLC 27 SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG 27 Jieng TAI International Electronic Corp. 27 Joint stock company “Info TeCS” 27

Thule's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Thule NV patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	10.0%
2018	5	16.7%
2019	9	30.0%
2020	9	30.0%
2021	2	6.7%
2023	1	3.3%
2024	1	3.3%

Which technologies does Thule NV patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 5

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 4

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 3

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 2

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 1

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 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

Thule NV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thule NV's lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 23.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #10,481 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thule NV against Tensorcom, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.9/100 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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