Where does Tom Tom Global Content B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tom Tom Global Content B.V. ranks #8,127 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 Tom Tom Global Content B.V. hold?

Tom Tom Global Content B.V. holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Tom Tom Global Content B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Tom Tom Global Content B.V. has an Innovation Score of 43.0 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Tom Tom Global Content B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tom Tom Global Content B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +6% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Tom Tom Global Content B.V.'s patents?

Tom Tom Global Content B.V.'s patents average 17.4 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 Tom Tom Global Content B.V. 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

Tom Tom Global Content B.V.

Q: What technology areas does Tom Tom Global Content B.V. focus on?

Tom Tom Global Content B.V.'s top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 32 patents, ranking #109 of 1,814 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tom ranks #8,127 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 15 technology areas.

#8,127
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.0/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: +6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8127 · Foreign Corporation #8,127 · 40 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #8,127/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Ergo Baby Carrier
CPC-FOCUS G01C · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. (±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 Tom’s 43.0 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 12.8 pts (30%) Velocity 6.1 pts (14%) Breadth 13.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Safran Power Units · near

43
Atom Power · near

43
Microchip Technology… · near

43
Nautilus · near

43
Tom Tom Global… · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tom's Innovation Score is 43.0/100 (top 29% 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 Tom?

Each dot is one of Tom’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). Tom’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tom's grants concentrate

Tom Tom Global Content B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Tom sits between TUSAS—TURK Havacilik VE Uzay Sanayii Anonim Sirketi and Universitat AUTÓNOMA DE Barcelona.

Tom's three-year grant acceleration

Tom Tom Global Content B.V. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Tusas—TURK Havaci…

40
Tymphany Acoustic…

40
The Ergo Baby Car…

40
Tiger Tool Intern…

40
Tyco Raychem

40
U-shin Italia S p…

40
Uhlmann Pac-syste…

40
Universitat AUTÓN…

40
Tom Tom Global Co… ◀

40

What this shows Tom holds 40 patents at rank #8,129, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tom

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,129 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tom, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01C (Measuring Distances), Tom ranks #109 of 1,814 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Microchip Technology Germany GmbH 43 Nautilus, Inc. 43 Atom Power, Inc. 43 Safran Power Units 43

Tom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Tom Tom Global Content B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	2.5%
2017	6	15.0%
2018	5	12.5%
2019	4	10.0%
2020	4	10.0%
2021	3	7.5%
2022	1	2.5%
2023	6	15.0%
2024	3	7.5%
2025partial year	7	17.5%

Which technologies does Tom Tom Global Content B.V. patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 32

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 16

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 16

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 15

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 10

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 8

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 7

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 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

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 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

Tom Tom Global Content B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tom Tom Global Content B.V.'s lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #8,127 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tom Tom Global Content B.V. against TUSAS—TURK Havacilik VE Uzay Sanayii Anonim Sirketi, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.0/100 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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