Where does Tie Down, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tie Down, Inc. ranks #20,537 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 Tie Down, Inc. hold?

Tie Down, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Tie Down, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tie Down, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.1 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Tie Down, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tie Down, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +700% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Tie Down, Inc.'s patents?

Tie Down, Inc.'s patents average 18.8 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 Tie Down, 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

Tie Down, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Tie Down, Inc. focus on?

Tie Down, Inc.'s top technology area is E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings) with 5 patents, ranking #56 of 310 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tie ranks #20,537 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 16 technology areas.

#20,537
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.1/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: +700%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20537 · US Corporation #20,537 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,537/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Thermos K K
CPC-FOCUS E04G · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +700% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Thermos K.K. (±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 Tie’s 43.1 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 9.4 pts (22%) Velocity 8.3 pts (19%) Breadth 14.1 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tie Down · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tie's Innovation Score is 43.1/100 (top 29% 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 Tie?

Each dot is one of Tie’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). Tie’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tie's grants concentrate

Tie Down, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 35.7% of grants classified under E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Tie sits between Thermos K.K. and Tribogenics, Inc..

Tie's three-year grant acceleration

Tie Down, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Thermos K K

14
Thirty Three Thre…

14
Thompson Brothers…

14
Tianma Advanced D…

14
Touchstream

14
Translational Dru…

14
Tria Network Syst…

14
Tribogenics

14
Tie Down ◀

14

What this shows Tie holds 14 patents at rank #20,550, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tie

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,550 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04G (Scaffolding)

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

Tie's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Tie Down, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	7.1%
2020	1	7.1%
2021	2	14.3%
2022	1	7.1%
2023	2	14.3%
2024	2	14.3%
2025partial year	5	35.7%

Which technologies does Tie Down, Inc. patent most?

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 5

E06C - Ladders 4

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 3

A01F - Processing OF Harvested PRODUCE; HAY OR Straw PRESSES; Devices FOR Storing Agricultural OR Horticultural Produce 3

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 2

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 2

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

F16P - Safety Devices IN GENERAL; ; Safety Devices FOR Presses 2

B66B - ELEVATORS; Escalators OR Moving Walkways 1

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 1

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 1

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 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 1

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Tie Down, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tie Down, Inc.'s lead technology class is E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings), 35.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04G
Ranked #20,537 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tie Down, Inc. against Thermos K.K., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.1/100 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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