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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TomTom Navigation B.V. ranks #4,589 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 Navigation B.V. hold?

TomTom Navigation B.V. holds 77 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

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

TomTom Navigation B.V. has an Innovation Score of 44.5 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

TomTom Navigation B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -26% 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 Navigation B.V.'s patents?

TomTom Navigation B.V.'s patents average 17.2 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 Navigation 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 Navigation B.V.

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

TomTom Navigation B.V.'s top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 70 patents, ranking #51 of 1,814 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 77 granted patents across 18 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, Tomtom ranks #4,589 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 77 patents across 18 technology areas.

#4,589
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.5/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: -26%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4589 · Foreign Corporation #4,589 · 77 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 77 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,589/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shenzhen Lanhe
CPC-FOCUS G01C · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -26% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenzhen Lanhe Technologies Co., Ltd. (±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 44.5 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 15.0 pts (34%) Velocity 4.1 pts (9%) Breadth 15.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
K2 Software · near

44
Medimpact Healthcare… · near

44
National Oilwell… · near

44
Tokamak Energy · near

44
TomTom Navigation B V · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tomtom's Innovation Score is 44.5/100 (top 26% 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 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tomtom's grants concentrate

TomTom Navigation B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 90.9% of grants classified under G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (19 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Tomtom sits between Shenzhen Lanhe Technologies Co., Ltd. and Varonis Systems, Inc..

Tomtom's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, TomTom Navigation B.V. moved from 26 to 16 grants (0.61x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Shenzhen Lanhe

77
Suunto Oy

77
Tejas Networks

77
TT

77
Ubiquiti

77
Umm-al-qura Unive…

77
V Technology

77
Varonis Systems

77
Tomtom Navigation… ◀

77

What this shows TomTom holds 77 patents at rank #4,589, 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 #4,589 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 #51 of 1,814 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

National Oilwell Varco Denmark I/S 44 Tokamak Energy Ltd 44 Medimpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. 44 K2 Software, Inc. 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

Ecole Superieure DE Physique ET DE Chimie Industrielles DE LA Ville DE Paris 17.2 avg Dover Europe Sàrl 17.2 avg Navico, Inc. 17.2 avg Blueprint Medicines Corporation 17.2 avg

Tomtom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% 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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TomTom Navigation B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	2.6%
2017	19	24.7%
2018	10	13.0%
2019	11	14.3%
2020	11	14.3%
2021	4	5.2%
2022	7	9.1%
2023	7	9.1%
2024	2	2.6%
2025partial year	4	5.2%

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

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 70

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 20

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 15

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

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 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

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 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

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

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 2

G01W - Meteorology 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

Top 15 of 18 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 Navigation B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TomTom Navigation B.V.'s lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 90.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #4,589 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TomTom Navigation B.V. against Shenzhen Lanhe Technologies Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.5/100 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

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