Overall rank by patents
#23,547
of 50,000 tracked assignees
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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, TMD ranks #23,547 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 11 technology areas.
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
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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
TMD Friction Services · this assignee
38 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
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.
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.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
THERMAL IMAGING RADAR, LLC
12 patents
THINKWARE SYSTEMS CORPORATION
12 patents
THYROSCOPE INC.
12 patents
TI AUTOMOTIVE (HEIDELBERG) GMBH
12 patents
TOMI Environmental Solutions Inc.
12 patents
TOMOE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
12 patents
TOPPAN FORMS CO., LTD.
12 patents
TOUCH BIOMETRIX LIMITED
12 patents
TMD Friction Services GmbH
12 patents
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.
By rank, the assignees closest to #23,509 in granted patent volume.
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 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| 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% |
Top 11 of 11 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#23,547
of 50,000 tracked assignees
38.1 out of 100
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