Where does Tile, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tile, Inc. ranks #1,543 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 Tile, Inc. hold?

Tile, Inc. holds 270 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Tile, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tile, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.6 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Tile, Inc. focus on?

Tile, Inc.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 212 patents, ranking #122 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

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

Tile, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +59% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Tile, Inc.'s patents average 16.4 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 Tile, 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

Tile, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 270 granted patents across 15 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tile ranks #1,543 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 270 patents across 15 technology areas.

#1,543
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.6/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: +59%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1543 · US Corporation #1,543 · 270 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 270 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,543/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Colorado State…
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +59% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Colorado State University Research Foundation (±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 Tile’s 47.6 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 19.4 pts (41%) Velocity 4.7 pts (10%) Breadth 13.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GEA Farm · near

48
Humax · near

48
Liebherr-werk Nenzing · near

48
RealD · near

48
Tile · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tile's Innovation Score is 47.6/100 (top 18% 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 Tile?

Each dot is one of Tile’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). Tile’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tile's grants concentrate

Tile, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 78.5% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (41 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Tile sits between Colorado State University Research Foundation and Infosys Limited.

Tile's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Tile, Inc. moved from 114 to 81 grants (0.71x 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 #2,114. See the growth leaderboard.

Colorado State Un…

270
Garmin Switzerland

270
Haier Smart Home

270
Katholieke Univer…

270
Tile ◀

270
Advanced Connectek

269
Endress+Hauser SE…

269
Dana Automotive S…

268
Infosys

268

What this shows Tile holds 270 patents at rank #1,543, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tile

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,543 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tile, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), Tile ranks #122 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

GEA Farm Technologies GmbH 48 RealD Inc. 48 Humax Co., Ltd. 48 Liebherr-werk Nenzing GMBH 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.4 here).

ETH Zurich 16.4 avg Xiamen Sanan Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 16.4 avg Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. 16.4 avg Erico International Corporation 16.4 avg

Tile's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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.

View data table

Tile, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	0.4%
2016	7	2.6%
2017	14	5.2%
2018	34	12.6%
2019	41	15.2%
2020	40	14.8%
2021	33	12.2%
2022	27	10.0%
2023	26	9.6%
2024	28	10.4%
2025partial year	19	7.0%

Which technologies does Tile, Inc. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 212

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 97

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 95

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 64

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 62

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 33

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 30

H04M - Telephonic Communication 23

H04B - Transmission 10

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 9

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 5

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

Top 15 of 15 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

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

Tile, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 78.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #1,543 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tile, Inc. against Colorado State University Research Foundation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.6/100 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.