Where does TK Holdings, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TK Holdings, LLC ranks #2,979 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 TK Holdings, LLC hold?

TK Holdings, LLC holds 128 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 45 technology areas.

What is TK Holdings, LLC's Innovation Score?

TK Holdings, LLC has an Innovation Score of 50.2 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does TK Holdings, LLC focus on?

TK Holdings, LLC's top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 89 patents, ranking #59 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 45 CPC subclasses total.

Is TK Holdings, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TK Holdings, LLC's recent grant velocity is -97% 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 TK Holdings, LLC's patents?

TK Holdings, LLC's patents average 16.2 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 TK Holdings, LLC 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

TK Holdings, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 128 granted patents across 45 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, TK ranks #2,979 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 128 patents across 45 technology areas.

#2,979
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.2/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: -97%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2979 · US Corporation #2,979 · 128 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 128 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,979/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH New England Biolabs
CPC-WIDE B60R · 45 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -97% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: New England Biolabs, 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 TK’s 50.2 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 16.8 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 23.7 pts (47%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Casale · near

50
Macau University of… · near

50
Ormat · near

50
TK Holdings · this assignee

50
tZERO IP · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TK's Innovation Score is 50.2/100 (top 13% 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 TK?

Each dot is one of TK’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). TK’s own 16.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where TK's grants concentrate

TK Holdings, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 45 CPC subclasses with 69.5% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (39 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2020. By volume, TK sits between New England Biolabs, Inc. and ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG.

New England Biola…

128
Radio Systems

128
Resonant

128
Shanghai Bilibili…

128
University OF Wyo…

128
Vrije Universitei…

128
simplehuman

128
TK Holdings ◀

128
ABB Power Grids S…

127

What this shows TK holds 128 patents at rank #2,978, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TK

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,978 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for TK, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60R (Vehicles), TK ranks #59 of 1,969 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Macau University of Science and Technology 50 Ormat Technologies Inc. 50 tZERO IP, LLC 50 Casale SA 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.2 here).

Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong) 16.2 avg S&C Electric Company 16.2 avg Dana Belgium N.V. 16.2 avg Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC 16.2 avg

TK's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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TK Holdings, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	32	25.0%
2016	36	28.1%
2017	39	30.5%
2018	17	13.3%
2020	4	3.1%

Which technologies does TK Holdings, LLC patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 89

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 17

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 13

C06D - Means FOR Generating Smoke OR MIST; Gas-attack COMPOSITIONS; Generation OF GAS FOR Blasting OR Propulsion (CHEMICAL PART) 13

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 9

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

C06C - Detonating OR Priming DEVICES; Fuses ; Chemical LIGHTERS; Pyrophoric Compositions 4

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 3

C06B - Explosives OR Thermic Compositions ; Manufacture THEREOF; USE OF Single Substances AS Explosives 3

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

Top 15 of 45 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

TK Holdings, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TK Holdings, LLC's lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 69.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #2,979 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TK Holdings, LLC against New England Biolabs, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.2/100 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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