Where does TLS Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TLS Corp. ranks #18,197 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 TLS Corp. hold?

TLS Corp. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is TLS Corp.'s Innovation Score?

TLS Corp. has an Innovation Score of 38.7 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is TLS Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TLS Corp.'s recent grant velocity is -93% 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 TLS Corp.'s patents?

TLS Corp.'s patents average 26.1 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 TLS Corp. 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

TLS Corp.

Q: What technology areas does TLS Corp. focus on?

TLS Corp.'s top technology area is G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding) with 11 patents, ranking #258 of 1,620 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TLS ranks #18,197 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 11 technology areas.

#18,197
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.7/100): 26.1
avg claims per patent: -93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18197 · US Corporation #18,197 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,197/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH THE Board OF…
CPC-FOCUS G10L · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: THE Board OF Regents FOR THE Oklahoma Agricultural AND Mechanical Colleges (±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 TLS’s 38.7 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 9.8 pts (25%) Velocity 2.2 pts (6%) Breadth 11.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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TLS · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TLS's Innovation Score is 38.7/100 (top 40% 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 TLS?

Each dot is one of TLS’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). TLS’s own 26.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where TLS's grants concentrate

TLS Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 68.8% of grants classified under G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, TLS sits between THE Board OF Regents FOR THE Oklahoma Agricultural AND Mechanical Colleges and Tokyo Marui Co., Ltd..

TLS's three-year grant acceleration

TLS Corp. 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.

THE Board OF Rege…

16
THE Indian Instit…

16
Thousandeyes

16
Tiax

16
TM4

16
Tokai Carbon

16
Tokyo Cosmos Elec…

16
Tokyo Marui

16
TLS ◀

16

What this shows TLS holds 16 patents at rank #18,175, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TLS

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,175 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech Synthesis)

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

TLS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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TLS Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2016	3	18.8%
2017	5	31.3%
2018	3	18.8%
2019	3	18.8%
2024	1	6.3%

Which technologies does TLS Corp. patent most?

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 11

H04H - Broadcast Communication 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 2

H03G - Control OF Amplification 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

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 1

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

Top 11 of 11 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

TLS Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TLS Corp.'s lead technology class is G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding), 68.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G10L
Ranked #18,197 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TLS Corp. against THE Board OF Regents FOR THE Oklahoma Agricultural AND Mechanical Colleges, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.7/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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