Where does TLX Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TLX Technologies, LLC ranks #27,658 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 TLX Technologies, LLC hold?

TLX Technologies, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is TLX Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

TLX Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 41.2 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does TLX Technologies, LLC focus on?

TLX Technologies, LLC's top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating) with 9 patents, ranking #235 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is TLX Technologies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TLX Technologies, LLC's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 TLX Technologies, LLC's patents?

TLX Technologies, LLC's patents average 21.0 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 TLX Technologies, 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

TLX Technologies, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TLX ranks #27,658 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 15 technology areas.

#27,658
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.2/100): 21.0
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27658 · US Corporation #27,658 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,658/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Thyssenkrupp System…
CPC-FOCUS F16K · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Thyssenkrupp System Engineering GMBH (±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 TLX’s 41.2 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 8.3 pts (20%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 13.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
TLX · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TLX's Innovation Score is 41.2/100 (top 34% 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 TLX?

Each dot is one of TLX’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). TLX’s own 21.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where TLX's grants concentrate

TLX Technologies, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, TLX sits between Thyssenkrupp System Engineering GMBH and Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corporation.

TLX's three-year grant acceleration

TLX Technologies, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Thyssenkrupp Syst…

10
Tianjin Chengjian…

10
Tiense Suikerraff…

10
Tigercat Industri…

10
Tmrw Group IP

10
Toho Tenax

10
Tongtai Machine &…

10
Toshiba Plant Sys…

10
TLX ◀

10

What this shows TLX holds 10 patents at rank #27,588, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TLX

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,588 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

TLX's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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TLX Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	20.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	2	20.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2022	2	20.0%

Which technologies does TLX Technologies, LLC patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 9

A62C - Fire-fighting 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 2

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 1

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 1

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 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 1

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 1

B01D - Separation 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

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 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

TLX Technologies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TLX Technologies, LLC's lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #27,658 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TLX Technologies, LLC against Thyssenkrupp System Engineering GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.2/100 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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