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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TomTom Traffic B.V. ranks #7,205 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 Traffic B.V. hold?

TomTom Traffic B.V. holds 46 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

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

TomTom Traffic B.V. has an Innovation Score of 36.8 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does TomTom Traffic B.V. focus on?

TomTom Traffic B.V.'s top technology area is G08G (Traffic Control Systems) with 41 patents, ranking #75 of 1,183 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

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

TomTom Traffic B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -39% 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 Traffic B.V.'s patents?

TomTom Traffic B.V.'s patents average 18.1 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 Traffic 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 Traffic B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 46 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G08G (Traffic Control Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tomtom ranks #7,205 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 46 patents across 8 technology areas.

#7,205
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.8/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: -39%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7205 · Foreign Corporation #7,205 · 46 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 46 grants
UPPER-Q #7,205/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taylor Commercial…
CPC-NARROW G08G · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -39% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taylor Commercial Foodservice, 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 36.8 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 13.3 pts (36%) Velocity 2.6 pts (7%) Breadth 10.0 pts (27%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Broadsign Serv · near

37
Hansen Medical · near

37
Horizon Hobby · near

37
Qromis · near

37
TomTom Traffic B V · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tomtom's Innovation Score is 36.8/100 (top 45% 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 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 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 Traffic B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 89.1% of grants classified under G08G (Traffic Control Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (11 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2023. By volume, Tomtom sits between Taylor Commercial Foodservice, LLC and University College CORK—NATIONAL University OF Ireland, Cork.

Tomtom's three-year grant acceleration

TomTom Traffic B.V. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Taylor Commercial…

46
TDW Delaware

46
THE J David Glads…

46
The Sollami

46
Tomey

46
UMC Utrecht Holdi…

46
Unity Opto Techno…

46
University Colleg…

46
Tomtom Traffic B V ◀

46

What this shows TomTom holds 46 patents at rank #7,203, 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 #7,203 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G08G (Traffic Control Systems)

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 G08G (Traffic Control Systems), TomTom ranks #75 of 1,183 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Qromis, Inc. 37 Horizon Hobby, LLC 37 Hansen Medical, Inc. 37 Broadsign Serv Inc. 37

Tomtom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

TomTom Traffic B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	11	23.9%
2018	9	19.6%
2019	8	17.4%
2020	6	13.0%
2021	4	8.7%
2023	3	6.5%
2024	4	8.7%
2025partial year	1	2.2%

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

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 41

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 34

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 15

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

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 3

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

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

Top 8 of 8 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 Traffic B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TomTom Traffic B.V.'s lead technology class is G08G (Traffic Control Systems), 89.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G08G
Ranked #7,205 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TomTom Traffic B.V. against Taylor Commercial Foodservice, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.8/100 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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