Where does TomTom International B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TomTom International B.V. ranks #2,750 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 TomTom International B.V. hold?

TomTom International B.V. holds 141 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 39 technology areas.

What is TomTom International B.V.'s Innovation Score?

TomTom International B.V. has an Innovation Score of 47.0 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is TomTom International B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TomTom International B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -82% 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 TomTom International B.V.'s patents?

TomTom International B.V.'s patents average 9.7 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 TomTom International 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

TomTom International B.V.

Q: What technology areas does TomTom International B.V. focus on?

TomTom International B.V.'s top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 57 patents, ranking #63 of 1,814 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 39 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 141 granted patents across 39 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: G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tomtom ranks #2,750 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 141 patents across 39 technology areas.

#2,750
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (47.0/100): 9.7
avg claims per patent: -82%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2750 · Foreign Corporation #2,750 · 141 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 141 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,750/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NxStage Medical
CPC-FOCUS G01C · 39 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -82% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NxStage Medical, 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 Tomtom’s 47.0 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 17.1 pts (36%) Velocity 2.0 pts (4%) Breadth 22.1 pts (47%) Claim depth 5.8 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elasmogen · near

47
Orca Computing · near

47
Sanhua (HANGZHOU)… · near

47
Sunlight Photonics · near

47
TomTom International… · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tomtom's Innovation Score is 47.0/100 (top 20% 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 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 9.7 claims/patent is at or below the 15.6 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.

Where Tomtom's grants concentrate

TomTom International B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 39 CPC subclasses with 40.4% of grants classified under G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (32 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Tomtom sits between NxStage Medical, Inc. and Bobst MEX SA.

Tomtom's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, TomTom International B.V. moved from 27 to 8 grants (0.30x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,002. See the growth leaderboard.

Nxstage Medical

141
Optis Wireless Te…

141
Synaptive Medical

141
Therabody

141
Tomtom Internatio… ◀

141
Ambu A/S

140
Amicus Therapeuti…

140
Assa Abloy Entran…

140
Bobst MEX

140

What this shows TomTom holds 141 patents at rank #2,750, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TomTom

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,750 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for TomTom, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01C (Measuring Distances), TomTom ranks #63 of 1,814 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Sanhua (HANGZHOU) Micro Channel Heat Exchanger Co., Ltd. 47 Sunlight Photonics Inc. 47 Elasmogen Ltd 47 Orca Computing Limited 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.7 here).

SimpliSafe, Inc. 9.7 avg Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC 9.7 avg National Chung Shan Institute OF Science AND Technology 9.7 avg Kwangwoon University Industry-academic Collaboration Foundation 9.7 avg

Tomtom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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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TomTom International B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	32	22.7%
2016	25	17.7%
2017	29	20.6%
2018	19	13.5%
2019	14	9.9%
2020	11	7.8%
2021	2	1.4%
2022	5	3.5%
2023	2	1.4%
2024	1	0.7%
2025partial year	1	0.7%

Which technologies does TomTom International B.V. patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 57

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 19

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 16

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

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 8

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 3

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 3

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 2

Top 15 of 39 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

TomTom International B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TomTom International B.V.'s lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 40.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #2,750 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TomTom International B.V. against NxStage Medical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.0/100 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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