Where does Tidal Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tidal Systems, Inc. ranks #17,278 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 Tidal Systems, Inc. hold?

Tidal Systems, Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Tidal Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tidal Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.9 out of 100 (29th 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 Tidal Systems, Inc. focus on?

Tidal Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is H03M (CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General) with 12 patents, ranking #151 of 1,072 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Tidal Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tidal Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Tidal Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Tidal Systems, Inc.'s patents average 18.3 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 Tidal Systems, 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

Tidal Systems, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: H03M (CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tidal ranks #17,278 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 5 technology areas.

#17,278
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.9/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17278 · US Corporation #17,278 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,278/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Burchell Nursery
CPC-NARROW H03M · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Burchell Nursery, 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 Tidal’s 28.9 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 10.0 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (27%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Tidal Systems · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Tidal's Innovation Score is 28.9/100 (29th 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 Tidal?

Each dot is one of Tidal’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). Tidal’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tidal's grants concentrate

Tidal Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 70.6% of grants classified under H03M (CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Tidal sits between The Burchell Nursery, Inc. and TouchNetix Limited.

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Touchnetix

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What this shows Tidal holds 17 patents at rank #17,286, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tidal

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,286 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H03M (Coding)

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

Tidal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Tidal Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2016	2	11.8%
2017	5	29.4%
2018	4	23.5%
2019	5	29.4%

Which technologies does Tidal Systems, Inc. patent most?

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 12

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G11C - Static Stores 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Tidal Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tidal Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is H03M (CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General), 70.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H03M
Ranked #17,278 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tidal Systems, Inc. against The Burchell Nursery, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.