Where does Thurne-middleby Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thurne-middleby Ltd ranks #43,659 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 Thurne-middleby Ltd hold?

Thurne-middleby Ltd holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Thurne-middleby Ltd's Innovation Score?

Thurne-middleby Ltd 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%).

What technology areas does Thurne-middleby Ltd focus on?

Thurne-middleby Ltd's top technology area is B26D (CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing) with 5 patents, ranking #74 of 595 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Thurne-middleby Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thurne-middleby Ltd's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Thurne-middleby Ltd's patents?

Thurne-middleby Ltd's patents average 12.3 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 Thurne-middleby 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

Thurne-middleby Ltd

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: B26D (CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thurne-middleby ranks #43,659 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 7 technology areas.

#43,659
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 18th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.7/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43659 · Foreign Corporation #43,659 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,659/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Thiik
CPC-NARROW B26D · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Thiik LLC (±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 Thurne-middleby’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 6.7 pts (26%) Velocity 2.2 pts (9%) Breadth 9.4 pts (37%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Thurne-middleby · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Thurne-middleby'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 Thurne-middleby?

Each dot is one of Thurne-middleby’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). Thurne-middleby’s own 12.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Thurne-middleby's grants concentrate

Thurne-middleby Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under B26D (CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Thurne-middleby sits between Thiik LLC and Tiinlab Corporation.

Thurne-middleby's three-year grant acceleration

Thurne-middleby Ltd shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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What this shows Thurne-middleby holds 6 patents at rank #43,548, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thurne-middleby

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,548 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B26D (Cutting)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Thurne-middleby's primary technology class.

Thurne-middleby'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 · 2018–2025

Grants by year

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

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Thurne-middleby Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	16.7%
2019	3	50.0%
2024	1	16.7%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Thurne-middleby Ltd patent most?

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

A22C - Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish 1

G01G - Weighing 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 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

Thurne-middleby Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thurne-middleby Ltd's lead technology class is B26D (CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B26D
Ranked #43,659 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thurne-middleby Ltd against Thiik LLC, 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

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