Where does TMD Friction Services GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TMD Friction Services GmbH ranks #23,547 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 TMD Friction Services GmbH hold?

TMD Friction Services GmbH holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is TMD Friction Services GmbH's Innovation Score?

TMD Friction Services GmbH has an Innovation Score of 38.1 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does TMD Friction Services GmbH focus on?

TMD Friction Services GmbH's top technology area is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes) with 11 patents, ranking #136 of 1,090 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is TMD Friction Services GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TMD Friction Services GmbH's recent grant velocity is -43% 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 TMD Friction Services GmbH's patents?

TMD Friction Services GmbH's patents average 12.5 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 TMD Friction Services GmbH 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 Foreign Corporation

TMD Friction Services GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 11 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: F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TMD ranks #23,547 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 11 technology areas.

#23,547
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.1/100): 12.5
avg claims per patent: -43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23547 · Foreign Corporation #23,547 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,547/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Thermal Imaging Radar
CPC-FOCUS F16D · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC (±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 TMD’s 38.1 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 8.9 pts (23%) Velocity 10.0 pts (26%) Breadth 11.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
TMD Friction Services · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TMD's Innovation Score is 38.1/100 (top 42% 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 TMD?

Each dot is one of TMD’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). TMD’s own 12.5 claims/patent is at or below the 13.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where TMD's grants concentrate

TMD Friction Services GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 91.7% of grants classified under F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, TMD sits between Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC and Touch Biometrix Limited.

TMD's three-year grant acceleration

TMD Friction Services GmbH shows 3 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.

Thermal Imaging R…

12
Thinkware Systems

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Thyroscope

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TI Automotive (He…

12
Tomi Environmenta…

12
Tomoe Engineering

12
Toppan Forms

12
Touch Biometrix

12
TMD Friction Serv… ◀

12

What this shows TMD holds 12 patents at rank #23,509, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TMD

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,509 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting Rotation)

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

TMD's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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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.

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TMD Friction Services GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2016	1	8.3%
2017	1	8.3%
2018	3	25.0%
2019	1	8.3%
2020	1	8.3%
2023	3	25.0%
2025partial year	1	8.3%

Which technologies does TMD Friction Services GmbH patent most?

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 11

B30B - Presses IN General 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 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

TMD Friction Services GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TMD Friction Services GmbH's lead technology class is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes), 91.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16D
Ranked #23,547 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TMD Friction Services GmbH against Thermal Imaging Radar, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.1/100 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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