Where does Top Brands Tire & Wheel rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Top Brands Tire & Wheel ranks #43,705 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 Top Brands Tire & Wheel hold?

Top Brands Tire & Wheel holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2021, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Top Brands Tire & Wheel's Innovation Score?

Top Brands Tire & Wheel has an Innovation Score of 17.9 out of 100 (5th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Top Brands Tire & Wheel's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Top Brands Tire & Wheel's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Top Brands Tire & Wheel's patents?

Top Brands Tire & Wheel's patents average 12.7 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 Top Brands Tire & Wheel 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 US Corporation

Top Brands Tire & Wheel

Q: What technology areas does Top Brands Tire & Wheel focus on?

Top Brands Tire & Wheel's top technology area is 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) with 6 patents, ranking #2,038 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2021. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Top ranks #43,705 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 1 technology areas.

#43,705
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (17.9/100): 12.7
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43705 · US Corporation #43,705 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,705/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tomar
CPC-NARROW G06Q · 1 areas
INNOV-LOW 17.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tomar Electronics, 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 Top’s 17.9 Innovation Score adds up

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

Volume 6.7 pts (38%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 3.5 pts (20%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Top Brands Tire &… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Top's Innovation Score is 17.9/100 (5th 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 Top?

Each dot is one of Top’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). Top’s own 12.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Top's grants concentrate

Top Brands Tire & Wheel is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Top sits between Tomar Electronics, Inc. and Torrid LLC.

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Topanga USA

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Topotarget UK

6
Toptec

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Torrid

6
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6

What this shows Top holds 6 patents at rank #43,715, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Top

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,715 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Top's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

18 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2021

Grants by year

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

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Top Brands Tire & Wheel patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	3	50.0%
2020	2	33.3%
2021	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Top Brands Tire & Wheel patent most?

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 6

Top 1 of 1 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

Top Brands Tire & Wheel's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Top Brands Tire & Wheel's lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #43,705 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Top Brands Tire & Wheel against Tomar Electronics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 17.9/100 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

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

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.