Where does Thule Sweden AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thule Sweden AB ranks #1,562 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 Sweden AB hold?

Thule Sweden AB holds 266 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is Thule Sweden AB's Innovation Score?

Thule Sweden AB has an Innovation Score of 54.9 out of 100 (top 7% 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 Sweden AB focus on?

Thule Sweden AB's top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 121 patents, ranking #44 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

Is Thule Sweden AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thule Sweden AB's recent grant velocity is -2% 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 Sweden AB's patents?

Thule Sweden AB's patents average 11.3 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 Sweden AB 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 Sweden AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 266 granted patents across 36 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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 #1,562 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 266 patents across 36 technology areas.

#1,562
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (54.9/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: -2%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1562 · Foreign Corporation #1,562 · 266 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 266 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,562/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Eisai R&D Management
CPC-FOCUS B60R · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -2% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd. (±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 54.9 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 19.3 pts (35%) Velocity 7.5 pts (14%) Breadth 21.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bayer Intellectual… · near

55
Thule Sweden AB · this assignee

55
Apeel Technology · near

55
Forschungszentrum… · near

55
Lake Region… · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thule's Innovation Score is 54.9/100 (top 7% 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 11.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 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 Sweden AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 45.5% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (28 grants) versus a trough of 20 in 2021. By volume, Thule sits between Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd. and Precision Planting LLC.

Thule's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Thule Sweden AB moved from 70 to 79 grants (1.13x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #905. See the growth leaderboard.

Eisai R&D Managem…

266
Kyungpook Nationa…

266
Sumitomo Electric…

266
Tenneco Automotiv…

266
Thule Sweden AB ◀

266
Adeka

265
Climate

265
Ledvance

265
Precision Planting

265

What this shows Thule holds 266 patents at rank #1,562, 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 #1,562 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 #44 of 1,969 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH 55 Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 55 Apeel Technology, Inc. 55 Lake Region Manufacturing, Inc. 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.3 here).

Alstom Transport Technologies 11.3 avg Consejo Nacional DE Investigaciones CIENTÍFICAS Y TÉCNICAS (CONICET) 11.3 avg Schneider Toshiba Inverter Europe SAS 11.3 avg Grammer AG 11.4 avg

Thule's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Thule Sweden AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	23	8.6%
2016	21	7.9%
2017	28	10.5%
2018	25	9.4%
2019	27	10.2%
2020	23	8.6%
2021	20	7.5%
2022	26	9.8%
2023	27	10.2%
2024	26	9.8%
2025partial year	20	7.5%

Which technologies does Thule Sweden AB patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 121

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 19

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 16

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 13

B62H - Cycle STANDS; Supports OR Holders FOR Parking OR Storing CYCLES; Appliances Preventing OR Indicating Unauthorized USE OR Theft OF CYCLES; Locks Integral With CYCLES; Devices FOR Learning TO Ride Cycles 11

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 10

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 8

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 8

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 5

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 5

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 5

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 5

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 5

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 4

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 4

Top 15 of 36 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 Sweden AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thule Sweden AB's lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 45.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #1,562 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thule Sweden AB against Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.9/100 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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