Where does TM Industrial Supply, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TM Industrial Supply, Inc. ranks #43,681 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 TM Industrial Supply, Inc. hold?

TM Industrial Supply, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is TM Industrial Supply, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

TM Industrial Supply, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 21.4 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does TM Industrial Supply, Inc. focus on?

TM Industrial Supply, Inc.'s top technology area is B01D (Separation) with 5 patents, ranking #948 of 3,536 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

Is TM Industrial Supply, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TM Industrial Supply, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -50% 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 TM Industrial Supply, Inc.'s patents?

TM Industrial Supply, Inc.'s patents average 18.5 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 TM Industrial Supply, 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

TM Industrial Supply, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 1 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: B01D (Separation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TM ranks #43,681 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 1 technology areas.

#43,681
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.4/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43681 · US Corporation #43,681 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,681/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tien-i Industrial
CPC-NARROW B01D · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tien-i Industrial Co., Ltd. (±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 TM’s 21.4 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 6.7 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 3.5 pts (16%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (52%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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TM Industrial Supply · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows TM's Innovation Score is 21.4/100 (8th percentile 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 TM?

Each dot is one of TM’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). TM’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where TM's grants concentrate

TM Industrial Supply, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under B01D (Separation). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, TM sits between Tien-i Industrial Co., Ltd. and Tobesoft Co., Ltd..

Tien-i Industrial

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Tiinlab

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Tip-top COM

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TIV

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TMA Capital Austr…

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TN Americas

6
TOA Industries

6
Tobesoft

6
TM Industrial Sup… ◀

6

What this shows TM holds 6 patents at rank #43,555, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TM

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,555 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01D (Separation)

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

TM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% 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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TM Industrial Supply, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	33.3%
2018	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%
2020	2	33.3%

Which technologies does TM Industrial Supply, Inc. patent most?

B01D - Separation 5

Top 1 of 1 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

TM Industrial Supply, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TM Industrial Supply, Inc.'s lead technology class is B01D (Separation), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01D
Ranked #43,681 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TM Industrial Supply, Inc. against Tien-i Industrial Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.4/100 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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