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TomTom Development Germany GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: G08G (Traffic Control Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tomtom ranks #43,696 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 4 technology areas.

#43,696
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
13th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.9/100)
16.8
avg claims per patent
-100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43696 · Foreign Corporation #43,696 · 6 grants

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

  • GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
  • LOWER-Q #43,696/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tobii Technology AB
  • CPC-NARROW G08G · 4 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 23.9/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-DROP -100% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tobii Technology AB (±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 Tomtom’s 23.9 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Tomtom

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Tomtom's Innovation Score is 23.9/100 (13th 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Tomtom?

Each dot is one of Tomtom’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). Tomtom’s own 16.8 claims/patent is at or below the 18.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Tomtom vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 5.96.06.066.06.06.1 0510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Tobii Technology AB - 6, 19.33Tobii Technology…Toeblooms, LLC - 6, 1ToebloomsTolmar International Limited - 6, 19Tolmar Internatio…Tolmar, Inc. - 6, 18TolmarTomar Electronics, Inc. - 6, 18.33TomarTomzi International Ltd - 6, 12Tomzi Internation…Tong Yah Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. - 6, 1.33Tong Yah Technolo…Tools/400 Inc. - 6, 20Tools/400TomTom Development Germany GmbH - 6, 16.83Tomtom Developmen…
Tomtom vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Tomtom's grants concentrate

TomTom Development Germany GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under G08G (Traffic Control Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Tomtom sits between Tobii Technology AB and Tools/400 Inc..

Who files at TomTom's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows TomTom holds 6 patents at rank #43,710, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near TomTom

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,710 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G08G (Traffic Control Systems)

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

Tomtom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

0.511.522.533.5 201520162017 2
USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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TomTom Development Germany GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2015 1 16.7%
2016 3 50.0%
2017 2 33.3%

Which technologies does TomTom Development Germany GmbH patent most?

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

TomTom Development Germany GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • TomTom Development Germany GmbH's lead technology class is G08G (Traffic Control Systems), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G08G
  • Ranked #43,696 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare TomTom Development Germany GmbH against Tobii Technology AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 23.9/100 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

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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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.