Where does Tomtom Telematics B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tomtom Telematics B.V. ranks #17,285 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 Telematics B.V. hold?

Tomtom Telematics B.V. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2019, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Tomtom Telematics B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Tomtom Telematics B.V. has an Innovation Score of 31.8 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Tomtom Telematics B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tomtom Telematics B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Telematics B.V.'s patents?

Tomtom Telematics B.V.'s patents average 14.3 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 Telematics 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 Telematics B.V.

Q: What technology areas does Tomtom Telematics B.V. focus on?

Tomtom Telematics B.V.'s top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 10 patents, ranking #291 of 1,814 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2019. 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 #17,285 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 14 technology areas.

#17,285
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.8/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17285 · Foreign Corporation #17,285 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,285/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tionesta
CPC-FOCUS G01C · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tionesta, 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.

How Tomtom’s 31.8 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 10.0 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.2 pts (42%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Tomtom Telematics B V · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Tomtom's Innovation Score is 31.8/100 (39th 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.

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 14.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 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 Telematics B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 58.8% of grants classified under G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (8 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2017. By volume, Tomtom sits between Tionesta, LLC and Turbo Systems Switzerland Ltd..

Tionesta

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TKR Spezialwerkze…

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Toby Orthopaedics

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Toyo Automation

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Triplay

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Trizell

17
Turbo Systems Swi…

17
Tomtom Telematics… ◀

17

What this shows Tomtom holds 17 patents at rank #17,266, 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 #17,266 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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)

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Tomtom Telematics B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	4	23.5%
2018	5	29.4%
2019	8	47.1%

Which technologies does Tomtom Telematics B.V. patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 10

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 10

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 8

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 7

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 6

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 6

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 6

F16H - Gearing 6

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 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

Top 14 of 14 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 Telematics B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tomtom Telematics B.V.'s lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 58.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #17,285 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tomtom Telematics B.V. against Tionesta, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.8/100 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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